American politician
Hugh R. Miller
In office Serving with John A. Bradford
Preceded by John A. Bradford Succeeded by Charles D. Fontaine
Born Hugh Reid Miller
(1812-05-14 ) May 14, 1812Abbeville District , South Carolina , U.S.Died July 19, 1863(1863-07-19) (aged 51)Adams County , Pennsylvania , U.S. Cause of death Wounded in action Resting place Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery,Aberdeen , Mississippi , U.S. Political party Whig Spouse
Children 2 Education South Carolina College (AB )Occupation Allegiance Confederate States Branch Army Years of service 1861–1863 Rank Colonel Commands Battles
Hugh Reid Miller (May 14, 1812 – July 19, 1863) was an American politician who served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1842 to 1844.[ 1] [ 2] mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg on the third day (July 3, 1863) while in temporary command of Joseph R. Davis ' brigade.[ 3] [ 4]
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public domain material from websites or documents of the National Archives and Records Administration .
References
^ Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi. Volume II Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1891. pp. 437–438. OCLC 1041573957 – via Internet Archive .^ Lowry, Robert ; McCardle, William H. (1891). A History of Mississippi OCLC 1046527303 – via Internet Archive .^ "Casualties in the Battles of Gettysburg, Pa" Richmond Enquirer . Vol. LX, no. 63. July 24, 1863. p. 1. Retrieved December 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .^ Hugh R. Miller, "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Serving from Mississippi, Forty-second Infantry," M269 R109, General Services Administration National Archives and Record Service (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration , 1960).
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