★★★ Miller, Hugh Reid

Hugh Reid Miller

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Born: May 12, 1812

Birthplace: Abbeville District, South Carolina

Father: Ebenezer Erskine Miller 1767 – 1848
(Buried: Pontotoc City Cemetery, Pontotoc, Mississippi)​
Mother: Margery Reid 1778 – 1856
(Buried: Pontotoc City Cemetery, Pontotoc, Mississippi)​

Wife: Susan Grey Walton 1821 – 1864
(Buried: Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi)​

Children:

George Miller 1840 – 1897​
(Buried: Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Mississippi)​

Education:

Graduated from University of South Carolina​

Occupation before War:

Attorney and Judge in Pontotoc County, Mississippi​
Mississippi State Representative​
1860: Organized the “Pontotoc Minute Men” Volunteer Militia​

Civil War Career:

1861: Delegate to Mississippi State Secession Convention​
1861 – 1862: Captain Company G, 2nd​ Mississippi Infantry Regiment​
1862: Lost election for Colonel of 2nd​ Mississippi Infantry Regiment​
1862: Discharged from the Confederate Army on April 23rd​
1862 – 1863: Colonel of 42nd​ Mississippi Infantry Regiment​
1863: Mortally wounded during Pickett’s Charge, Battle of Gettysburg​

Died: July 19, 1863

Place of Death: Private Home in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Cause of Death: War Wounds

Age at time of Death: 51 years old

Original Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia

Reinterred: Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi

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