CS Con Miller, Samuel Augustine - C.S. Congressman, VA

Samuel Augustine Miller

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Born: October 16, 1819

Birthplace: Shenandoah County, Virginia

Father:
Reuben C. Miller 1797 – 1852

Mother: Atlantic Ocean Walton 1798 – 1869

Wife: Helen M. Quauire 1826 – 1901

Children:


Joseph Miller 1850 – 1860​
Alexander Q. Miller 1851 –​
Florence W. Miller 1854 –​
Samuel A. Miller Jr. 1858 –​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Education:


1835 – 1839: Attended Gettysburg College​
Studied law under Judge Summers in Kanawha​

Occupation before War:

Assistant to the local "cattle king" Beale Steenberger​
Attorney and law partner of Judge Summers in Kanawha​
Known to have been a leading secessionist in Kanawha​

Civil War Career:

Major in Commissary Department for 22nd​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​
1863: Won special election to Confederate house after Jenkins resign.​
1863 – 1865: Confederate States Congressman from South Carolina​
1863 – 1864: Member House Territories and Public Lands Committee​
1864 – 1865: Member of House Elections Committee​
1864 – 1865: Member of House Indian Affairs Committee​
When he reached Richmond, his entire district was in enemy hands.​
His own experience steered him to problems of army maintenance and supply.​
1864 – 1865: Chairman of Special Committee on army pay and clothing​
He supported a wide variety of laws giving government control over the economy and even over personal rights.​
He tended to withhold discretionary powers from the President.​
He joined those seeking to reform the Davis cabinet.​
He voted to let Robert E. Lee as general – in – chief encroach on the President's authority as commander – in – chief.​

Occupation after War:

Found his house stripped bare in Kanawha, Virginia.​
1865: Fled to Canada after the assassination of President Lincoln.​
1865: returned to the United States and received a Pardon.​
He was disbarred by an act of West Virginia​
1870: Not permitted to practice law until "Flick Amendment" passed.​
1870 – 1890: Attorney in Parkersburg, West Virginia​
Member of West Virginia State House of Delegates​

Died:
November 19, 1890

Place of Death: Parkersburg, West Virginia

Age at time of Death: 71 years old

Burial Place: Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, West Virginia
 
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That's seat he filled in the C.S. Congress was that of Albert G. Jenkins who resigned to raise a unit of mounted partisan rangers. That unit became part of the 8th Virginia Cavalry with Jenkins as it's Colonel.Jenkins was later promoted to Brigadier on August 1, 1862.
 
Correction : I believe his wife’s maiden name was actually Quarrier, not Quaurie. It may be true, although I’ve not seen it in print before) that Quaurie is an earlier spelling of that name, but by the time Helen was born the family had already adopted the spelling as we know it today. “Quarrier Street” that runs the length of Charleston, WV parallel to the Kanawha River was named for this prominent family.
 
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