The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-07

We are permitted to copy the following
letter to Col. STEPHEN MILLER. announc-
ing the death of his brave son on the field
of Gettysburg:
CAMP NEAR BERLIN, MD,
July II, 1868.
SIR:-It is with deep regret / announce to
you the death of your son, Lieut.. WESLEY F.
MILLER, who was killed on the I'd of July. at
the late battle of Gettysburg, while participa-
ting in the repulse of the enemy's attack on
Rock-Hill, s..-a. I'D s
Since his appointment to the regiment, he
has been constantly on duty with it, and had
already become an accomplished officer. He
was with his regiment in the pitched battles
of Fredericksburg, and Chancellorville. He
fought nobly in his last battle, and on field
victorious to our arms As soldier, he could
have asked for no more appropriate place to
die. While he was with the regiment, his
many solderly qualities gave him the esteem
and attachment of his brother officers. While
deeply deploring his loss, let me in behalf of
the officers of the regiment, offer to cOndole
with you in your misfortune.
am respectfully
Your Ob't servant,
(Signed) d. P. HANCOCK,
Capt. eth Inf. Cong. Reg't.
To Col. s. MILLER, Commanding 9TH Minne-
sofa Regt st. Paul. MINI.
We annex a brief sketch of the life of
Lieut.. Miller which appeared in the Saint
Cloud Democrat of the 23d inst:
Wesley Funk Miller was born in Harrisburg,
Pa. April LIST, 1871. At Dickinson Seminary,
Williamsport, he received a fine academic ed
ucatiOn. For q short time he served as COM
positor in the office of the Harrisburg 7ele-
qraph, when in the spring of 1858 he came to
st. Cloud and was engaged for two years in the
Democrat office. and at Intervals during the
subsequent year in the St. Paul Press and st.
Anthony Ners establishments. On the break
inc out of the war he enlisted, April 90, 1861
as private in the glorious First Minnesota, OF
which his father was Lieutenant Colonel, and
with it won reputation for gallantry and fear
lessness at the battle of Bull Run. On the 9Th
of August, same year, he was appointed Second
Lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United
States Infantry, and September 9TH was pro-
NOTED to First Lieutenant in the same regl-
ment On'account of his skill and proficiency
in military tactics he was employed as drill
master in Fort Columbus, New York Harbor,
and while there gave thorough instructions to
many company officers. In November, 1862,
he was ordered to join his regiment, in Sick
les Brigade, and take part in the active opera,
tons then to be inaugurated-a change he had
often petitioned for. In the fatal battles OF
Fredericksburg and Chancellorville he bore a
gallant part, receiving from the officers in
command the name of being the best line DILL
Ger in the regiment-a praise well deserved. In
this last fearful encounter at Gettysburg, when
Sickles' brigade, ever sent to the post where
danger was the greatest went forward to meet
the outpouring of Lees army, and staggering
their impetuous charge, drove them back scat
tered, crushed and broken, Lieutenant Miller
fell while nobly engaged in repelling the in
vader from the soil of his native State and in
defending his country from the traitors who
sought her overthrow.