{⋆★⋆} BG Miller, William

William Miller​

Born: August 3, 1820

Birth Place: Ithaca, New York

Father: Simon Miller 1790 – 1864

Mother: Martha Rivers Miller 1795 – 1839

Wife: Marie Maxwell 1827 – 1922

(Buried: Saint John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida)​

Education:

Attended Louisiana College​

Occupation before War:

Served in the Mexican War​

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Practiced law in Santa Rosa County, Florida​

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Owner of Miller Lumber Mill in North Florida​

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Served in the Florida State Militia rising to Major​

Civil War Career:

1862 – 1864: Colonel of 1st​ Florida Infantry Regiment​

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1862: received a minor wound during the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky​

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1863: Wounded in the finger during the Battle of Stones River​

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1863 – 1864: Commander of Conscription Bureau, Southern Florida​

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1864 – 1865: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, Infantry​

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1864 – 1865: Organizer and Coordinator of Florida State Troops​

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1865: Participated in the Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida​

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1865: Surrendered in Tallahassee, Florida​

Occupation after War:

Owner of Miller Lumber Mill​

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Owner of a Farm in Florida​

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Justice of the Peace for Port Washington Florida​

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Florida State Representative​

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Florida State Senator​

Died: August 8, 1909

Place of Death: Port Washington, Florida

Cause of Death: Not Known

Age at time of Death: 89 years old

Burial Place: Saint John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida

 

[Pollaco]

His battalion (1st Florida) joined the main Army in Mississippi shortly after the battle of Shiloh and was merged into the old 1st Florida .This is the unit he led at Perryville and then suceeced the wounded John C. Brown in brigade command Oct. 8, 1863.At Murfreesboro he was in charge of the consolidated 1st. and 3rd Florida It was with this brigade that he was wounded on January 2, 1863 during Breckinridge's assault at Stone's River

Just before being promoted to brigadier Col. Miller was in charge of conscription operations in Alabama as well as Florida.

 

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[Pollaco]

He started out as Lt. Colonel of a Battalion,the 3rd Florida. After Shiloh this Battalion was merged or consolidated with the 1st Florida with Miller as its colonel.

 

[lupaglupa]

What a great story about the visit to the general in his old age!