MILLER, Madison, soldier, born in Mercer, Pennsylvania, 6 February, 1811. He was educated in the common schools, was captain of the 2d regiment of Illinois volunteers in the Mexican war, and wounded at the battle of Buena Vista. He was judge of El Dorado county, California, in 1851-'2, was subsequently for several years a resident of Carondelet, No., and president of the St. Louis and Iron Mountain railroad. At the beginning of the civil war he entered the United States army as captain of the 1st Missouri infantry, was promoted colonel of volunteers in 1862, commanded the 2d brigade of the 6th division at Shiloh, where he was captured, and while a prisoner was one of a commission sent by the Confederates to Washington to arrange for an exchange of prisoners. In March, 1865, he received the brevet of brigadier-general for meritorious service at Wilson's Creek and Shiloh. He was in the Missouri senate in 1865, and since 1867 has been fund commissioner of the Missouri railroad.