Ransom Miller (1832 - 1864)

Born 1832 in Simpson County, Mississippi United States

Ancestors

Husband of Aquilla (Courtney) Welch — married 1850 in Mississippi

Descendants

Died 14 Sep 1864 at about age 32 in Regimental Hospital, Camp Douglas, Chicago, Cook, Illinois United States

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Biography

Ransom Miller, born in 1832 in Simpson County, Mississippi, enlisted in Company F of the Mississippi 39th Infantry Regiment serving as a private. Taken prisoner by the Union Forces and sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, Ransom died in prison. He was buried in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, in Oak Woods Cemetery at age of 33.

Sources

• US FIND A GRAVE INDEX

Name: Ransom Miller Birth Date: 1832 Birth Place: Simpson County, Mississippi, USA Death Date: 8 Feb 1865 Death Place: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Cemetery: Oak Woods Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Has Bio?: N Spouse: Nancy Aquilla Welch Children: Martha Ann Brock Suzanne Welch Epsey A. Welch Mrs Demaris Howell ________________________________________ US Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Name: Ransom Miller Side: Confederate Regiment State/Origin: Mississippi Regiment: 39th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry Company: F Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private Film Number: M232 roll 28 Regiment: 39th Infantry Regiment Mississippi Muster Date: 4 May 1865 Regiment State: Mississippi Regiment Type: Infantry Regiment Number: 39th Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., American Civil War Regiments, 1861-1866 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. ____________________________________ Name: Ransom Miller Side: Confederate Roll: M598_94 Roll Title: Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 Selected Records of the War Department Commissary General of Prisoners Relating to Federal Prisoners of War Confined at Andersonville, GA, 1864-65; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1303, 6 rolls); Records of the Commissary General of Prisoners, Record Group 249; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M598, 145 rolls); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Lists of Confederates Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M2072, 1 roll); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, 1861-1865; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M918, 1 roll); Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group _________________________________________ US, Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 Name: Ransom Miller Rank at enlistment: Private State Served: Mississippi Service Record: Enlisted in Company F, Mississippi 39th Infantry Regiment. Sources: Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. __________________________________________________________________________

US Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 Name: Ransom Miller Side: Confederate Roll: M598_90 Roll Title: Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 Selected Records of the War Department Commissary General of Prisoners Relating to Federal Prisoners of War Confined at Andersonville, GA, 1864-65; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1303, 6 rolls); Records of the Commissary General of Prisoners, Record Group 249; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M598, 145 rolls); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Lists of Confederates Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M2072, 1 roll); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, 1861-1865; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M918, 1 roll); Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92; National Archives, Washington, D.C. _____________________________________