John S. R. Miller Papers, . 1858-1863

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John S. R. Miller Papers, . 1858-1863

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John S. R. Miller (died 1863) was an enlisted soldier in the United States Army in the Utah Territory and at Fort Laramie, Nebraska Territory, 1858-1860. He was also a captain in the 1st North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States of America, serving in Virginia. The collection is letters to his mother and other members of his family from Miller, while serving in the Utah Territory and at Fort Laramie, Nebraska Territory, 1858-1860, commenting on camp life, the Mormons, and the Native Americans; and letters home from Miller when he was a captain in the 1st North Carolina Regiment serving in Virginia about camp life, engagements with federal troops, organizing volunteers and other matters.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Miller, John S. R., d. 1863.

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John S. R. Miller (died 1863) was an enlisted soldier in the United States Army in the Utah Territory and at Fort Laramie, Nebraska Territory, 1858-1860. He was also a captain in the 1st North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States of America, serving in Virginia. He was killed in battle at Wincherster, Va. Miller was the son of Elisha P. Miller of Lenoir, N.C., and grew up in Caldwell County, N.C. From the guide to the John S. R. Miller Papers, ., 1858-1863, (University of North Caro...