U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Miller, M. V. (b. 1845) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Pages 448-449 M. V. Miller, born 1845, in Maryland, of German descent, his grand- parents coming from Europe. In 1867 he was married to Sallie A. Griffith. Children: Oliver C., Thomas M., Grace M., Lizzie Pearl, Jennie Gertrude and George Lester. In his early life he was a farmer. When he was sixteen years of age he joined the Union army. Did his first fighting under Milroy and Fremont: he was then under Sherdian in the Valley of Virginia, and was in all the trouble about Harper's Ferry, and got the full benefit of it. He was taken prisoner by Stonewall Jackson, together with a large number of others. As he expressed it afterwards: "Jackson fixed 20,000 bayonets and charged us. It looked like the day of judgment was coming." The next day they were parolled and sent to Annapolis, Md., where they remained six months before they were exchanged. After he was exchanged, his service was on the B. & O. R. R., and through Virginia. He was in the battle of Frederick Junction, under Lew Wallace, and against Early, when he was raiding Maryland. Late in the day the Federals gave ground and fell back to Baltimore. After this, he was under Sheridan, and had numerous skirmishes. Singular as it may seem, this command captured their captors, who had taken them at Harper's Ferry, in 1862. The soldiers of the two armies recognized each other. From Virginia, Miller was removed to Buckhannon, Upshur County, W. Va., where there was no fighting to do. He remained there till the close of the war, 1865. He then went to Aurora, Preston County, where he lived a year, and came to St. George where he has since lived, following the work of mechanic, clerk, merchant, hotel keeper and justice of the peace. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------