William Hamilton Miller

At the US Census of 1860 he was a successful farmer in Spartanburg County with 5 children between 3 and 17 years. On 22 January 1862, then 45 years old, he enlisted as Private, Infantry Company A, Holcombe Legion.

He was probably mortally wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862 and died of wounds the next day.

Thanks to Barry Truluck for details above from his research in the US Census (1850, 1860), his Compiled Service Records (CSRs, via Fold3), and the Roll1 for Company A. Both the CRSs and Roll show him wounded and dying at Sharpsburg, but the CSR has his death on 15 September; if that's correct, it's more likely he was wounded and died on South Mountain. Personal details from family genealogists. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Ann Foster (1820-1885) in about 1841 and they had 4 sons and a daughter by 1854.

05/24/1816; Spartanburg District, SC

09/18/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, SC