Hugh R. Miller
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E. Milsaps
May 14, 1812
Hugh R. Miller | |
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| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from Pontotoc County | |
| In office November 21, 1842 – November 18, 1844 Serving with John A. Bradford | |
| Preceded by | John A. Bradford |
| Succeeded by | Charles D. Fontaine E. Milsaps |
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| Born | Hugh Reid Miller May 14, 1812 Abbeville District, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | July 19, 1863 (aged 51) Adams County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Wounded in action |
| Resting place | Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Party | Whig |
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Susan G. Walton (m. 1839) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | South Carolina College (AB) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Confederate States |
| Branch | Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1863 |
| Rank | Colonel |
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Hugh Reid Miller (May 14, 1812 – July 19, 1863) was an American lawyer, slaveowner, and Confederate soldier who served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1842 to 1844.[1][2]
Miller was born in South Carolina in 1812, and moved to Pontotoc, Mississippi in 1835. He became a prosperous lawyer, planter, and slaveowner, holding ten people as slaves in 1860.[3]
Miller represented Pontotoc county in the Mississippi legislature in the 1840s, and as tensions rose following the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln, he was elected as a delegate to Mississippi's secession convention in January, 1861.[3] His brother Andrew also served as a delegate, and both voted for the pro-secessionist position.[3]
Enlisting in the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the American Civil War, Hugh Miller was elected as captain of a company in the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, then as colonel of the 42nd Mississippi in the Army of Northern Virginia.[3]
Miller was mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg on the third day (July 3, 1863) while in temporary command of Joseph R. Davis' brigade.[4][5]
