David E. Miles - Biography

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This biography appears on page 509 in "Soldiers' and Citizens' Album of
Biographical Record containing personal sketches of Army Men and
Citizens Prominent in loyalty to the Union"
Chicago, Illinois: Grand Army Publishing Company
Published in 1890

David E. Miles, Chippewa Falls, Wis., enlisted Nov. 7, 1861, at
Galesburg, Ill., in Company E., 57th Illinois Infantry, and went into
active service soon after. He drilled in rendezvous and camp, went to
Cairo and Donelson, and soon after served with the regiment in Northern
Kentucky and Tennessee; engaged in the siege of Corinth and the battle
of Corinth, October 3d and 4th. On the last day he received a severe
wound and went from the field hospital to regimental hospital and was
discharged, after spending five weary months under medical care
in hospital, March, 1863, under surgeon's certificate of disabilty for
further military service.

He returned to Mercer county, Illinois, where he recuperated his health,
and in 1863 moved to Chippewa Falls and engaged in the lumber business,
which he has since conducted.