 DATE: Shaun Johnston as Col. Nelson Miles is shown at the signing of  the Fort Laramie Treaty of April 29, 1868 wearing a Civil War Medal  and an Indian Wars Medal. The first Civil War Campaign Medal was  issued on May 26, 1909. The blue and gray ribbon shown in the film  was not in use until August 12, 1913. The first Indian Wars Medal  was issued July 15, 1908. The ribbon shown in the film with two dark  bands was not in use until 1917.