Francis C. Miller

       Death of Col. Miller.
 Col. Francis C. Miller died at his resi-
dence in Oneida last night at 12 o'clock.
Some days since he was taken with what
seemed to be a cramping while bathing in
Oneida lake, at the head of which he had
a summer cottage. He was rescued
from drowning with difficulty, and was
attacked immediately with brain fever,
and was delirious the most of the time
until his death.
 Thus has departed another of the
brave men who periled their lives that
the Union might live.  Col. Miller was
the oldest son of the late John D. Miller,
for many years a well known citizen of
Oswego. He was born in Mohawk, Her-
kimer County, and came with his father
to reside in this city when six years old.
 When the rebellion broke out Col. Mil-
ler was a young man in this city. He
had been an officer in the Oswego Guards,
a well known military company of this
city, and had acquired a knowledge of
military tactics. When the call for vol-
unteers came he raised Company C of the
Twenty-fourth Regiment of New York
Volunteers and took it to the field.
He was with his company through the
entire career of the regiment, until
on its march ot Antietam he received
word of his promotion to the position of
Major of the 147th, with orders to report
at once for duty, to his regiment. He
filled the position of Major until the re-
signation of Col. Warner when he was 
promoted to the Lieutenant Colonelcy,
and upon the resignation of Col. Butler,
he was made Colonel and continued in
command of the regiment which he had
had for some time in the absence of his
predecessor. In the Battle of the Wilder-
ness, while at the head of his regiment,
Col. Miller was shot directly through the
body, the bullet passing out near
the spine. The ball struck the
case of his watch, as it enter-
edhis body and was slightly diverted
from its course, and otherwise would
have shattered the spinal column. He 
was thrown from his horse in a state of
insensibility, and was captured by the
enemy, his regiment supposing he was
killed. He was reported killed and his
regiment and friends at home so sup-
posed for several weeks. When the enemy
found that he was still alive and might
possibly recover they sent him to Lynch-
burgh, Virginia, and when he was well
enough to travel they sent him to 
Charleston, and in company with about
two hundred other Union officers he was
placed under fire to deter Gen. Gilmore
from shelling the city. He was subse-
quently exchanged and resumed com-
mand of his regiment, and was with it
at the surrender of Lee at Appomattox.
After the close of the war Col. Miller re-
turned to this city for a short time but
soon after went into the lumber trade in
the village of Oneida, where he acquired 
the respect and confidence of the whole
community. He was at one time Presi-
dent of the village, and was universally
regarded as an enterprising, public spir-
ited and popular man.
 As a soldier and an officer, Col. Miller was
brave, interpid and popular with his offi-
cers and men. As a citizen he was pat-
riotic, honorable, highminded and gen-
ial. The people of Oswego, as well as of
Oneida will deeply regret his death.