Boston Miles

Title

Boston Miles

Aliases

None listed

Date

8 July 1889-15 February 1915

Description

Regiment: 136th United States Colored Troops Infantry
Company: D
Rank: Private; Musician
Mustered-in date and place: 1 May 1865 at Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 4 January 1866 at Augusta, Georgia, United States

Other locations listed during time of service: Not listed
Comrades mentioned: Mike Allman; Frank Bishop; Ben Griffin; Lias Gilbert [Elias Griffin]; Chas. Griffin; Addison Goodwin; Aaron Goodwin; Aaron Graves; Eli Goodson; Chas Goodson; Abraham Trice

Name(s) of spouse(s): Syla Edmonds Snell Miles
Children: Walter Miles (born 23 March 1871); George Henry Miles (born 28 May 1879); Oscar Miles (born 16 March 1899)

Veteran's birth date and location: ~1847 at Muscogee County, Georgia, United States
Death date and location: 18 May 1891
Plantation(s): Not listed
Enslaver(s): Widow Foster

Parents of veteran: Boston and Louisa Miles
Other listed family members: George Miles (brother); Peter Miles (brother); Mack Miles (brother); Elbert Miles (brother); Polly Miles (sister); Carry Herrell (sister)

Wife's place of birth: Not listed
Wife's enslaver: Mr. Snell of Harris County, Georgia, United States
Wife's parents: Ed and Charity Edmonds
Wife's other family members: Peter Snell (brother); Zachariah Snell (brother); Ann Snell (sister)

Creator

Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions

Publisher

National Archives and Records Administration

Type

Document

Format

Portable Document Format

Language

English

Coverage

United States of America

Rights

Public Domain | All records should be cited as coming from the Center Family History at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.