Obituary of Robert E. Miles, CSA, Died December 5, 1942

He was one of the two old Battle of Antietam survivors who met President Franklin D. Roosevelt on September 17, 1837, the 75th anniversary of the battle.  The other soldier was Bazel Lemley, who fought for the Union,  Picture of them to the right of this.

"Captain Bob Miles, Almost 103, Dies Near Shawsville.
Confederate Veteran Was Wounded  at Antietam.

Shawsville, Dec 5 (Special)  Robert Edward (Captain Bob) Miles, grand old Confederate warrior of Montgomery county, died quietly at his farm home near Crockett Springs early this evening -- just three days before he would have observed his 103rd birthday.

REPRESENTED SOUTH

It was Captain Miles who, as the oldest Confederate veteran attending the 75th anniversary of the battle of Antietam in 1937, represented the  south in a triple handclasp of friendship with President Roosevelt and a veteran of the Union forces.

He was so severely wounded  in the legs and hands in that bloody engagement that he was discharged,  but reenlisted as soon as he recovered in the 21st, Virginia Cavalry, Company B, and served throughout the war, attaining the rank of captain.

Captain Miles recalled until his death, personal contacts with General Robert E. Lee and President Jefferson Davis.

--Old Secesh