Hugh R. Miller

{{short description|American politician (1812-1863)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Hugh R. Miller

| office = Member of the
Mississippi House of Representatives
from Pontotoc County

| alongside = John A. Bradford

| term_start = November 21, 1842

| term_end = November 18, 1844

| predecessor = John A. Bradford

| successor = Charles D. Fontaine
E. Milsaps

| birthname = Hugh Reid Miller

| birth_date = {{birth date|1812|05|14}}

| birth_place = Abbeville District, South Carolina, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1863|07|19|1812|05|14}}

| death_place = Adams County, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_cause = Wounded in action

| resting_place= Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery,
Aberdeen, Mississippi, U.S.

| resting_place_coordinates =

| party = Whig

| spouse = {{marriage|Susan G. Walton|May 9, 1839}}

| children = 2

| education = South Carolina College (AB)

| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|lawyer|judge}}

| allegiance = Confederate States

| branch = Army

| branch_label = Branch

| serviceyears = 1861–1863

| rank = Colonel

| commands = {{unbulleted list|Company G, 2d Mississippi Infantry Regiment (1861–62)|42d Mississippi Infantry Regiment (1862–63)}}

| battles = {{tree list}}

• American Civil War
• Battle of First Manassas
• Siege of Suffolk
• Battle of Gettysburg{{POW}}{{DOW}}

{{tree list/end}}

| battles_label= Battles

}}

Hugh Reid Miller (May 14, 1812{{spnd}}July 19, 1863) was an American politician who served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1842 to 1844.{{cite book |author= |date=1891 |title=Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi. Volume II |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalhist21good |location=Chicago |publisher=Goodspeed Publishing Co. |pages=437–438 |oclc=1041573957 |via=Internet Archive}}{{cite book |last1=Lowry |first1=Robert |author-link1=Robert Lowry (governor) |last2=McCardle |first2=William H. |date=1891 |title=A History of Mississippi |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofmississ00low |location=Jackson, Miss. |publisher=R. H. Henry & Co. |page=561 |oclc=1046527303 |via=Internet Archive}} Miller was mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg on the third day (July 3, 1863) while in temporary command of Joseph R. Davis' brigade.{{cite news |author= |date=July 24, 1863 |title=Casualties in the Battles of Gettysburg, Pa. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/339037293/ |url-access=subscription |work=Richmond Enquirer |volume=LX |number=63 |page=1 |access-date=December 24, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}}Hugh R. Miller, "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Serving from Mississippi, Forty-second Infantry," M269 R109, General Services Administration National Archives and Record Service (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960).

== See also ==

• List of University of South Carolina people