Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Lucas Miller
an article about the son, who meets  as a state legislator, and perhaps an article about the father as well. The father (along with his brother Stephen Decatur Miller) was a delegate to the 1832 South Carolina Nullification Convention, an important precursor to the Civil War, according to http://books.google.com/books?id=4hUOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA32&dq=%22John+L.+Miller%22+nullification&hl=en&ei=hY7RTrrZNIKhiQK40tW7Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22John%20L.%20Miller%22%20nullification&f=false State papers on nullification: including the public acts of the Convention of the people of South Carolina, assembled at Columbia, November 19, 1832, and March 11, 1833; the proclamation of the President of the United States, and the proceedings of the several state legislatures which have acted on the subject.  His son served in the South Carolina General Assembly in 1853, at the age of 21, according to http://books.google.com/books?id=fK8-AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA141&dq=%22John+L.+Miller%22+South+Carolina+legislature&hl=en&ei=r4_RTry1NPDMiQKQmMXPCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CE8Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22John%20L.%20Miller%22%20South%20Carolina%20legislature&f=false Reports and resolutions of South Carolina to the General Assembly, 1854.  The son served as a Colonel and commanded a unit at the Battle of Antietam (called Sharpsburg in the South) in September, 1862, according to http://books.google.com/books?id=U9kOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA996&dq=Col.+%22John+L.+Miller%22+South+Carolina&hl=en&ei=OZTRTtj5HcOZiQKDxJ3_Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFwQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=Col.%20%22John%20L.%20Miller%22%20South%20Carolina&f=false The War of the Rebellion: v. 1-53 (serial no. 1-111) Formal reports, both Union and Confederate, of the first seizures of United States property in the southern states, and of all military operations in the field, with the correspondence, orders and returns relating specially thereto. 1880-98.  Colonel Miller served under General William Dorsey Pender, until Pender was killed at the Battle of Gettysburg in July, 1863, according to historian Stephen W. Sears http://books.google.com/books?id=nSnw3YPGN-0C&pg=PA541&dq=Col.+%22John+L.+Miller%22+South+Carolina&hl=en&ei=l5DRTueyJq3JiQKN85jkCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Col.%20%22John%20L.%20Miller%22%20South%20Carolina&f=false here.  Several other books about Gettysburg confirm his Miller's role there, and in the retreat in the days that followed.  Colonel Miller was killed in May, 1864 at the Battle of the Wilderness, according to http://books.google.com/books?id=SREtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA20&dq=Col.+%22John+L.+Miller%22+South+Carolina&hl=en&ei=l5DRTueyJq3JiQKN85jkCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Col.%20%22John%20L.%20Miller%22%20South%20Carolina&f=false Heroes of the old Camden district, South Carolina, 1776-1861, which gives the general outlines of his military career.  Additional biographical information is available in http://books.google.com/books?id=-U4IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA137&dq=Col.+%22John+L.+Miller%22+South+Carolina&hl=en&ei=l5DRTueyJq3JiQKN85jkCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFkQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Col.%20%22John%20L.%20Miller%22%20South%20Carolina&f=false The history of a brigade of South Carolinians, known first as 'Gregg's', and subsequently as 'McGowan's brigade', published in 1866
— User:Cullen328, 02:19, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:POLITICIAN (Wikipedia:Notability)