Miller, John F. (1831-1886)

Name:

Miller, John F. (1831-1886)

Title:

Law Degree, 1852
Bvt. Major General, Indiana Volunteers
Collector of Customs

Born:

11/21/1831

Birthplace:

South Bend, IN

Died:

03/08/1886

Death Location:

Washington, DC

Residence:

South Bend, IN
Chicago, IL
New York, NY
Napa, CA
San Francisco, CA

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Lawyer, politician, soldier, businessman

Relations:

R. Adm. Richardson Clover, son-in-law

Spouse:

Mary Wickerham Chess

Children:

Daughter ?

Notes:

Established law practice in South Bend, IN
Moved to Napa, CA, following year, continued as lawyer, became county treasurer.
Returned to South Bend in 1855, resumed practice.
Elected to Indiana State Senate in 1860.
Joined Union Army at outbreak of Civil War
Commissioned as Colonel of 29th Indiana Infantry, 08/27/1861.
Saw action on second day of Battle of Shiloh, 04/07/1862.
Participated in Siege of Corinth, 04/29/1862-05/30/1862.
Pursued Braxton Bragg through Kentucky
Commanded brigade under James Negley during Battle of Stones River, 12/31/1862-01/02/1863. Spearheaded Union counterattack on second day, and wounded in neck.
Commanded brigade in Tullahoma Campaign in XX Corps.
Lost left eye and severely wounded at Liberty Gap, 06/27/1863.
Spent nearly a yer recovering.
Promoted to brigadier general, 04/10/1864, retroactive to 01/05.
Commander, Nashville, TN, garrison, May-December, 1864.
Infantry Commander at battle of Nashville, 12/15-16/1864.
Brevetted to Major General for service at Nashville, 03/13/1865.
Resigned from Volunteers, 09/29/1865.
Appointed collector of customs, port of San Francisco, till 1869.
Served 12 years as president of the Alaska Commercial Co.
Purchased property in Napa valley, 1869, 1872, 1873, 1881. Is now Silverado Country Club.
Second state constitutional convention, 1878-79.
Elected Senator (R-CA), 1880.
Anti-chinese immigrants.
Chairman, Committee to Revise the Laws of the United States
Committee on Foreign Relations
Died while in office, buried in San Francisco, CA.
Reinterred in Arlington, 05/05/1913.