★★★ Miller, George McDuffie

George McDuffie Miller
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Born: August 2, 1830

Birthplace: Abbeville, South Carolina

Father: Allen Thompson Miller 1795 – 1856
(Buried: Upper Long Cemetery, Abbeville, South Carolina)​

Mother: Isabella Hamilton 1794 – 1865
(Buried: Upper Long Cemetery, Abbeville, South Carolina)​

Wife: Martha Virginia Griffin 1844 – 1938
(Buried: Ninety-Six Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Ninety-Six, South Carolina)​

Married: February 28, 1865 in Ninety–Six, South Carolina

Children:

George Allen Miller 1867 – 1945​
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Hartsville, South Carolina)​
Isabella Hamilton Miller Edwards 1870 – 1945​
(Buried: Due West ARP Church Cemetery, Due West, South Carolina)​
William H. Miller 1872 – 1947​
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Hartsville, South Carolina)​
John Stuart Miller 1876 – 1950​
(Buried: Melrose Cemetery, Abbeville, South Carolina)​
Caroline Miller McAllister 1879 – 1935​
(Buried: Upper Long Cemetery, Abbeville, South Carolina)​
Margaret Miller Shell 1883 – 1969​
(Buried: Laurens City Cemetery, Laurens, South Carolina)​
Lillie Clarkston Miller Cottingham 1888 – 1974​
(Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, Bennettsville, South Carolina)​

Occupation before War:

Farmer in Abbeville District, South Carolina​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1863: Captain Company G, 1st​ South Carolina Rifles Regiment​
1863: Major of 1st​ South Carolina Rifles Regiment​
1863 – 1864: Lt. Colonel of 1st​ South Carolina Rifles Regiment​
1863: Wounded at Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia​
1864 – 1865: Colonel of 1st​ South Carolina Rifles Regiment​
1865: Captured by the Union Army on April 3rd​
1865: Prisoner of war until released on July 25th​

Occupation after War:

Farmer in Ninety–Six, South Carolina​
Active in the United Confederate Veterans Organization​

Died: July 12, 1899

Place of Death: Ninety–Six, South Carolina

Age at time of Death: 67 years old

Burial Place:
Ninety Six Presbyterian Church, Ninety-Six, South Carolina
 
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The regiment that he was colonel of( 1st South Carolina) was part of the military company known as Orr's Rifles. I'm assuming this was named after Senator James L. Orr.
 
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