Lieutenant S. A. Miller
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Lieut. S. A. Miller.
Among tee slain heroes at Gettysburg was ,Lieut. S. A. Miller, son of Silas Miller, at Piermont, and long and favorably known to the people of our county. About 18 months ago be enlisted as a private in tbe 12th Infantry U. S. A., and conducted himself with such coolness and bravery in the different actions in which he participated, that on the 19th of last April he received a Lieutenant's commission in tbe same regiment. At South Mountain ho was taken prisoner and carried to Richmond, where after an imprisonment of six weeks he was paroled and exchanged. He was in the battle of Fredericksburg and at Chanscellorville.and closed his career as a soldier at Gettysburg, where be was shot by a musket ball in the region of the heart, about 6 o'clock p. m.. on the 2d of July. His body was recovered and given decent burial. We have seen letters from young Miller's brother officers whcih speak of bis bravery anel noble qualities in the highest terms. The war has claimed no nobler victim, nor brought low a more shining mark than this gallant soldier of freedom. His memory will be forever embalmed in the grateful remembrance of the nation for which he died.
Among tee slain heroes at Gettysburg was ,Lieut. S. A. Miller, son of Silas Miller, at Piermont, and long and favorably known to the people of our county. About 18 months ago be enlisted as a private in tbe 12th Infantry U. S. A., and conducted himself with such coolness and bravery in the different actions in which he participated, that on the 19th of last April he received a Lieutenant's commission in tbe same regiment. At South Mountain ho was taken prisoner and carried to Richmond, where after an imprisonment of six weeks he was paroled and exchanged. He was in the battle of Fredericksburg and at Chanscellorville.and closed his career as a soldier at Gettysburg, where be was shot by a musket ball in the region of the heart, about 6 o'clock p. m.. on the 2d of July. His body was recovered and given decent burial. We have seen letters from young Miller's brother officers whcih speak of bis bravery anel noble qualities in the highest terms. The war has claimed no nobler victim, nor brought low a more shining mark than this gallant soldier of freedom. His memory will be forever embalmed in the grateful remembrance of the nation for which he died.
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“Lieutenant S. A. Miller,” accessed May 7, 2024, https://rocklandroom.omeka.net/items/show/11995.