Hugh R. Miller

Hugh R. Miller
Hugh R. Miller
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
Personal details
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.
Political party	Whig
Spouse	Susan G. Walton (m. 1839)
Children	2
Education	South Carolina College (AB)
Occupation	Politician; lawyer; judge;
Military service
Allegiance	Confederate States
Branch	Army
Years of service	1861–1863
Rank	Colonel
Commands	Company G, 2d Mississippi Infantry Regiment (1861–62); 42d Mississippi Infantry Regiment (1862–63);
Battles	American Civil War Battle of First Manassas; Siege of Suffolk; Battle of Gettysburg (POW) (DOW); ;

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] 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.^[3]^[4]

Notes

^ Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi. Volume II. Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1891. pp. 437–438. OCLC 1041573957 – via Internet Archive.
^ Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. (1891). A History of Mississippi. Jackson, Miss.: R. H. Henry & Co. p. 561. 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).