My 5th great grand uncles Privates James Mitchell Miller and Gabriel P. Miller of Comapny K 11th Bethel Regiment North Carolina Infantry were brothers, died a short time apart and are possibly buried in Petersburg, Virginia. Both enlisted in Buncombe County, North Carolina: Gabriel during April of 1863 and James during April of 1864. Family lore suggests that James had his leg amputated and died on February 7, 1865. It is believed that Gabriel died of measles on February 26, 1865. Their cousin, James Mitchell Cordell, also a private in Company K, enlisted on April 17, 1863 in Buncombe County, North Carolina and died on January 18, 1864.
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