Early Life
Milas (also spelled Miles and Milus) was born in Dredell, Alexander, North Carolina to Daniel and Nancy (Scott) Clary on January 6, 1842. It has been said he had Cherokee Indian in him passed down from Carrion Rector however, the Daws rolls show the Rector name in the Choctaw tribe. He was a member of Sulphur Springs Baptist Church in North Carolina.
War Time
On Nov 2, 1861 at age 19 in Alexander North Carolina he was enrolled in the Army by GW Sharpe. At the time of his enlistment he was 5'5 with grey eyes, dark hair, and a farmer. On Dec 31, 1861 he joined Captain T. D. Hogg at Camp Mangum. He was a private in Company G— Thirty- Eighth Regiment 69 also know as the "Rocky Face Rangers"
He was in the 70 Forth Carolina State Troop for the confederate North Carolina.
He sustained his first injury and was hospitalized sometime between April 1 - July 1, 1862. He was injured again June 26, 1862. On July 4, 1863 he was captured at Gettysburg and later received at DeCamp General Hospital on Davids Island New York Harbor between July 17-24 1863. His whereabouts must have gone unnoticed until August 10, 1863 when he was listed as MIA. He was then listed on a muster roll for paroled and exchanged prisoners at Camp Lee near Richmond, Virginia on August 31, 1863 (document dated September 15, 1863) Between January and February of 1864 he was listed as POW and back in action as of March 1864. On April 9, 1865 he was a POW belonging to the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered by Robert E. Lee to General Grant at Appomattox Count house in Virginia.
Life after the war
In the 1870 Census Miles found residence with Martha L. Clary and 6 of her children where he worked on the farm. October 24, 1873 he attended the Grand Ball at the Hooss Hotel in Perry County Missouri. On November 2, 1882 Milas married Missouri Elizabeth Hughey (Betsy) in Salem township at Farrar in Perry County Missouri. Miles and Betsy had 11 children their first born was a daughter named Idell Vance, then Edward Lee (whom was named for Robert E. Lee), then Frederick, an unnamed infant that soon passed, Ada Belle, Robert Pearl, Georgie Chalmers, and then Lacey Fay. Two of their children have yet to be located as there has been no trace of them on any records. They all lived on a farm owned by Judge Barber of Perry County.
Death
According to a story told by Pat Hughey, Milas drowned in the Mississippi River between Clarysville and Seventy-Six Missouri. Against the warnings of friends he was fishing in a storm when his boat capsized leaving him at the mercy of the turbulent waters of the mighty Mississippi.
Miles final resting place is in Brazeau Presbyterian Church Cemetery with his wife Missouri buried to his right side (when facing markers) and his son Georgie Chalmers on his left, Georgie has no stone.
Milas (also spelled Miles and Milus) was born in Dredell, Alexander, North Carolina to Daniel and Nancy (Scott) Clary on January 6, 1842. It has been said he had Cherokee Indian in him passed down from Carrion Rector however, the Daws rolls show the Rector name in the Choctaw tribe. He was a member of Sulphur Springs Baptist Church in North Carolina.
War Time
On Nov 2, 1861 at age 19 in Alexander North Carolina he was enrolled in the Army by GW Sharpe. At the time of his enlistment he was 5'5 with grey eyes, dark hair, and a farmer. On Dec 31, 1861 he joined Captain T. D. Hogg at Camp Mangum. He was a private in Company G— Thirty- Eighth Regiment 69 also know as the "Rocky Face Rangers"
He was in the 70 Forth Carolina State Troop for the confederate North Carolina.
He sustained his first injury and was hospitalized sometime between April 1 - July 1, 1862. He was injured again June 26, 1862. On July 4, 1863 he was captured at Gettysburg and later received at DeCamp General Hospital on Davids Island New York Harbor between July 17-24 1863. His whereabouts must have gone unnoticed until August 10, 1863 when he was listed as MIA. He was then listed on a muster roll for paroled and exchanged prisoners at Camp Lee near Richmond, Virginia on August 31, 1863 (document dated September 15, 1863) Between January and February of 1864 he was listed as POW and back in action as of March 1864. On April 9, 1865 he was a POW belonging to the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered by Robert E. Lee to General Grant at Appomattox Count house in Virginia.
Life after the war
In the 1870 Census Miles found residence with Martha L. Clary and 6 of her children where he worked on the farm. October 24, 1873 he attended the Grand Ball at the Hooss Hotel in Perry County Missouri. On November 2, 1882 Milas married Missouri Elizabeth Hughey (Betsy) in Salem township at Farrar in Perry County Missouri. Miles and Betsy had 11 children their first born was a daughter named Idell Vance, then Edward Lee (whom was named for Robert E. Lee), then Frederick, an unnamed infant that soon passed, Ada Belle, Robert Pearl, Georgie Chalmers, and then Lacey Fay. Two of their children have yet to be located as there has been no trace of them on any records. They all lived on a farm owned by Judge Barber of Perry County.
Death
According to a story told by Pat Hughey, Milas drowned in the Mississippi River between Clarysville and Seventy-Six Missouri. Against the warnings of friends he was fishing in a storm when his boat capsized leaving him at the mercy of the turbulent waters of the mighty Mississippi.
Miles final resting place is in Brazeau Presbyterian Church Cemetery with his wife Missouri buried to his right side (when facing markers) and his son Georgie Chalmers on his left, Georgie has no stone.
Early Life
Milas (also spelled Miles and Milus) was born in Dredell, Alexander, North Carolina to Daniel and Nancy (Scott) Clary on January 6, 1842. It has been said he had Cherokee Indian in him passed down from Carrion Rector however, the Daws rolls show the Rector name in the Choctaw tribe. He was a member of Sulphur Springs Baptist Church in North Carolina.
War Time
On Nov 2, 1861 at age 19 in Alexander North Carolina he was enrolled in the Army by GW Sharpe. At the time of his enlistment he was 5'5 with grey eyes, dark hair, and a farmer. On Dec 31, 1861 he joined Captain T. D. Hogg at Camp Mangum. He was a private in Company G— Thirty- Eighth Regiment 69 also know as the "Rocky Face Rangers"
He was in the 70 Forth Carolina State Troop for the confederate North Carolina.
He sustained his first injury and was hospitalized sometime between April 1 - July 1, 1862. He was injured again June 26, 1862. On July 4, 1863 he was captured at Gettysburg and later received at DeCamp General Hospital on Davids Island New York Harbor between July 17-24 1863. His whereabouts must have gone unnoticed until August 10, 1863 when he was listed as MIA. He was then listed on a muster roll for paroled and exchanged prisoners at Camp Lee near Richmond, Virginia on August 31, 1863 (document dated September 15, 1863) Between January and February of 1864 he was listed as POW and back in action as of March 1864. On April 9, 1865 he was a POW belonging to the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered by Robert E. Lee to General Grant at Appomattox Count house in Virginia.
Life after the war
In the 1870 Census Miles found residence with Martha L. Clary and 6 of her children where he worked on the farm. October 24, 1873 he attended the Grand Ball at the Hooss Hotel in Perry County Missouri. On November 2, 1882 Milas married Missouri Elizabeth Hughey (Betsy) in Salem township at Farrar in Perry County Missouri. Miles and Betsy had 11 children their first born was a daughter named Idell Vance, then Edward Lee (whom was named for Robert E. Lee), then Frederick, an unnamed infant that soon passed, Ada Belle, Robert Pearl, Georgie Chalmers, and then Lacey Fay. Two of their children have yet to be located as there has been no trace of them on any records. They all lived on a farm owned by Judge Barber of Perry County.
Death
According to a story told by Pat Hughey, Milas drowned in the Mississippi River between Clarysville and Seventy-Six Missouri. Against the warnings of friends he was fishing in a storm when his boat capsized leaving him at the mercy of the turbulent waters of the mighty Mississippi.
Miles final resting place is in Brazeau Presbyterian Church Cemetery with his wife Missouri buried to his right side (when facing markers) and his son Georgie Chalmers on his left, Georgie has no stone.
Milas (also spelled Miles and Milus) was born in Dredell, Alexander, North Carolina to Daniel and Nancy (Scott) Clary on January 6, 1842. It has been said he had Cherokee Indian in him passed down from Carrion Rector however, the Daws rolls show the Rector name in the Choctaw tribe. He was a member of Sulphur Springs Baptist Church in North Carolina.
War Time
On Nov 2, 1861 at age 19 in Alexander North Carolina he was enrolled in the Army by GW Sharpe. At the time of his enlistment he was 5'5 with grey eyes, dark hair, and a farmer. On Dec 31, 1861 he joined Captain T. D. Hogg at Camp Mangum. He was a private in Company G— Thirty- Eighth Regiment 69 also know as the "Rocky Face Rangers"
He was in the 70 Forth Carolina State Troop for the confederate North Carolina.
He sustained his first injury and was hospitalized sometime between April 1 - July 1, 1862. He was injured again June 26, 1862. On July 4, 1863 he was captured at Gettysburg and later received at DeCamp General Hospital on Davids Island New York Harbor between July 17-24 1863. His whereabouts must have gone unnoticed until August 10, 1863 when he was listed as MIA. He was then listed on a muster roll for paroled and exchanged prisoners at Camp Lee near Richmond, Virginia on August 31, 1863 (document dated September 15, 1863) Between January and February of 1864 he was listed as POW and back in action as of March 1864. On April 9, 1865 he was a POW belonging to the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered by Robert E. Lee to General Grant at Appomattox Count house in Virginia.
Life after the war
In the 1870 Census Miles found residence with Martha L. Clary and 6 of her children where he worked on the farm. October 24, 1873 he attended the Grand Ball at the Hooss Hotel in Perry County Missouri. On November 2, 1882 Milas married Missouri Elizabeth Hughey (Betsy) in Salem township at Farrar in Perry County Missouri. Miles and Betsy had 11 children their first born was a daughter named Idell Vance, then Edward Lee (whom was named for Robert E. Lee), then Frederick, an unnamed infant that soon passed, Ada Belle, Robert Pearl, Georgie Chalmers, and then Lacey Fay. Two of their children have yet to be located as there has been no trace of them on any records. They all lived on a farm owned by Judge Barber of Perry County.
Death
According to a story told by Pat Hughey, Milas drowned in the Mississippi River between Clarysville and Seventy-Six Missouri. Against the warnings of friends he was fishing in a storm when his boat capsized leaving him at the mercy of the turbulent waters of the mighty Mississippi.
Miles final resting place is in Brazeau Presbyterian Church Cemetery with his wife Missouri buried to his right side (when facing markers) and his son Georgie Chalmers on his left, Georgie has no stone.
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