[5][1] One month prior to the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, the armies of Col. Otho Williams and Col. Henry Lee stopped to dine at the home of a Patriot supporter, Charles Bruce.

While they were encamped at the home of Bruce, a farmer and supporter of the Patriot cause, Isaac Wright, appeared to inform the soldiers that a group of British Dragoons was on the march and not far from their location.

Lee dispatched a division of his men under the command of Captain James Armstrong, to follow him and to see if they could verify Wright's report.

Seeing that the battle was losing favor with the British, Captain Miller attempted to escape from the area but was captured by Lt. Stephen Lewis along with three of his men.

One has been placed at the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park and another at the actual site of his death as well as a state historical marker in the town of Summerfield.