# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/general-nelson-a-miles
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:33:06.474Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/general-nelson-a-miles"
name: "General Nelson A. Miles"
slug: "general-nelson-a-miles"
description: "Nelson Appleton Miles was a United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War (1861–1865), the last stages of the American Indian Wars (1840–1890), and the Spanish–American War (1898). From 1895 to 1903, Miles served as the last Commanding General of the United States Army, before the office was transformed into the current Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army in 1903."
tagline: "United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Commanding General of the United States Army (1839-1925)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nelson_A._Miles_by_Brands_Studios%2C_1898.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1839-08-08"
deathDate: "1925-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             3.88137057299165
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump