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Finding More About August Miller of Millersburg and/or Hegins
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on September 20, 2019
On 19 August 1861, an August F. Miller enrolled at Hegins, Schuylkill County, in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry and was mustered into service as a Private in Company A on 9 September 1861 at Harrisburg. At the time, he was 27 years old, gave his occupation as laborer, and his residence as Hegins. According to the information on the Veterans’ File Card, above from the Pennsylvania Archives, he was not on the muster out roll for this company and regiment. No Pension Index Card was located for this veteran in the Fold3 regiment file.
On 1 July 1863, an Augustus Miller, age 28, an unmarried millwright from Millersburg, Dauphin County, registered for the Civil War draft, as shown by the portion of the page (above) from Ancestry.com.
Was this the same person? The age is the same, but the location and occupation is different.
Why didn’t August F. Miller complete his Civil War service? Can he properly be classified as a Civil War veteran?
Information is sought from blog readers to get additional information on this individual.
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