Historedia
Person

Nelson A. Miles

Events
2
Episodes
2
Years
1877–1886

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Nelson A. Miles, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Sitting Bull leads Lakota into Canada after the Great Sioux War

    1877

    Role: U.S. Army officer

    1. May 1877 · Wood MountainSitting Bull's Crossing to Wood Mountain

      Sitting Bull refused to surrender and in May 1877 led his band north across the border into Canada, to Wood Mountain in the North-West Territories.

  2. Geronimo surrenders to General Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon

    1886

    Role: General, U.S. Army

    1. September 4, 1886 · Skeleton Canyon, ArizonaSurrender at Skeleton Canyon

      Geronimo's exhausted band surrendered to General Miles at Skeleton Canyon, Arizona, on September 4, 1886, ending the pursuit.

Sources

  1. Nelson A. Miles Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13
  2. Geronimo Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26