Medal of Honor Recipient for gallantry at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia

He was wounded 4 times during the Civil War

Captured the notorious Indian Chief Geronimo

(1839-1925) Born in Westminster, Massachusetts, on his family's farm, he intensely read military history, and mastered military principles and techniques, including battle drills. Working in Boston at the commencement of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army on September 9, 1861, and was commissioned 1st lieutenant, in the 22nd Massachusetts Infantry. He was discharged for promotion on May 31, 1862, and was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the 61st New York Infantry, and thereafter was inscribed on the annals of American military history creating a record seldom if ever equaled by a volunteer soldier. He was wounded 4 times during the Civil War; these coming at the battles of Seven Pines, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Petersburg. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry at Chancellorsville. He also fought in the battles of Antietam, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and in the Appomattox campaign. In 1866, he served as the Commandant at Fort Monroe, and ultimately became the jailor of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, putting him in irons. Miles played a leading role in nearly all of the U.S. Army's campaigns against the American Indian tribes of the Great Plains, and he later gained fame as the captor of the notorious chief of the Apaches, Geronimo. In 1895, Miles became General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army, a post he held during the Spanish–American War. Miles commanded forces at Cuban sites such as Siboney, and after the surrender of Santiago de Cuba by the Spanish, he led the invasion of Puerto Rico. When the United States entered World War I in 1917, the 77-year-old General Nelson Miles offered to serve, but President Woodrow Wilson turned him down. Miles died in 1925 at the age of 85 from a heart attack while attending the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Washington, D.C. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in the Miles Mausoleum. It is one of only two mausoleums within the confines of the cemetery.

Typed Letter Signed: 5 x 8, typed letter signed, on imprinted letter head.

Headquarters Of The Army
Washington, D.C.
June 27, 1901

Ralph B. Prime, Esq.,
President, American Flag Association,
Yonkers, N.Y.

Dear Sir:

I have received your favor of the 24th instant, informing me of my election as a member of the Executive Committee of the American Flag Association, and it will give me pleasure to serve as such.

I am unable to say definitely whether I can attend the meeting of the Committee, to be held at the residence of Mr. Edward Hagaman Hall, 283 Lexington Avenue, New York, on July 11th next, but I will do so if possible.

Very truly yours,
Nelson A. Miles

Beautifully tipped to an album page with black lined borders. Excellent signature and letter. Extremely desirable Medal of Honor recipient.