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Note: A brick mason. He co-signed a note in Kentucky; when his co-signer ran out, he spent all he had to make the note good and then came to Texas
with his father-in-law, Dr. S.C. Lewis, in 1885, settling in Kerens. He
fought in the Civil War; Annie Mae Estes Van Orden recalled him telling
her of his captivity in a Yankee prison camp. The men were starving and
caught a little yellow dog, which they made into a stew and ate with
great relish.
From Confederate records, National Archives: Wm. Harvey Miller
enlisted in Company B, 6th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, on 26 Sep 1861.
He was elected to the rank of First Lieutenant. He was taken prisoner in
Hardin County, Kentucky on 15 Nov 1862. His name appears the following
rolls of Prisoners of War: "sent from Louisville, Ky., to Vicksburg, Miss.,
via Cairo, Ill., for Exchange, on Steamboat Citizen, Dec. 13, 1862."
"Received at Military Prison, Alton, Ill., Jan 10, 1863. Sent to Camp
Chase, Ohio, March 16, 1863". "Received at Camp Chase, Ohio Mar. 17,
1863, height 6 feet, age 28, eyes grey, complexion light, hair light;
Date of Departure Mar 28, 1863. Remarks: Exchanged." His name appears
on a roster of Co. B, 6th Kentucky Regiment of Volunteers, Lewis'
Brigade, Bates' Division, Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee, C.S.A., dated
Jan 1865: "Found incompetent by the Board of Examiners and dropped
from the rolls".
According to his widow, Vi-tula Lewis Miller, he spent 19 months
in a northern prison, and was released June 9, 1865; however, if the
dates of capture are correct, he may have been exchanged in June 1863.
Vi-tula Miller received a pension from the State of Texas for her
husband's service to the confederacy in 1930.
A statement by a fellow soldier, A.M. Stith, of Hardin County, KY,
alleges that Miller "enlisted in Sep 1861, that he belonged to Co. B, 6th
KY Infantry, was elected Lieutenant in Sep 1861, that he resigned in May
1862, and that he said he was going to join the Cavalry. He says that he
saw him (Miller) one time in the year 1863 in the Cavalry service and
that he believes Miller remained in the Cavalry until the close of the war
in April 1865."
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