Abram O. Miller

Abram O. Miller was born October 2, 1827, in Madison County, Ohio and moved with his parents to Clinton County, Indiana in 1830. In 1833, both of his parents died and young Abram then lived with a farmer, David Clark. Miller worked on the farm and grew up with the desire to become a doctor. He attended the University of Louisville and graduated in 1856. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he volunteered his services and helped raise troops for the 10th Indiana Infantry. Miller was mustered into the three-month unit as a first lieutenant on April 25, 1861, and was promoted to captain less than two months later. With the 10th, Miller served in western Virginia and participated in the battle of Rich Mountain. Following his three months service, the 10th was reorganized in September 1861 as a three-year unit, and he advanced to major. Miller fought at Mill Springs in January 1862 and was promoted to colonel of the 10th in April. Following service at the battle of Shiloh and the siege of Corinth, Miller was made Colonel of the 72nd Indiana Infantry and took part in operations against Confederate calvary officer John Hunt Morgan. Colonel Miller and his regiment saw action at Murfreesboro, in the Tullahoma campaign, and Chickamauga before he took charge of the brigade in the midst of the Atlanta campaign. On March 13, 1865, Miller was awarded the brevet of brigadier general for long, faithful, and gallant services. Less than a month later, on April 2, 1865, just one week before Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Miller was severely wounded at the battle of Selma, Alabama. He remained in service until the end of the war and was mustered out with his regiment on June 26, 1865. Doctor Abram O. Miller, who had been both a physician and banker in his lifetime, died April 25, 1901, in Lebanon, Indiana and was buried there in Oak Hill Cemetery.