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- William_Porcher_Miles abstract "William Porcher Miles (July 4, 1822 – May 11, 1899) was among the ardent States' Rights advocates, supporters of slavery, and Southern secessionists who came to be known as the "Fire-Eaters." He is notable for having designed the most popular variant of the Confederate flag, originally rejected as the national flag in 1861, but adopted as a battle flag by the Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee.Born in South Carolina, he showed little early interest in politics and his early career included the study of law and a tenure as a mathematics professor at the College of Charleston from 1843 to 1855. In the late 1840s as sectional issues roiled South Carolina politics, Miles began to speak up on sectional issues. He opposed both the Wilmot Proviso and the Compromise of 1850. Miles would, from this point on, look at any northern efforts to restrict slavery as justification for secession.Miles was elected as mayor of Charleston in 1855 and served in the United States House of Representatives from 1857 until South Carolina seceded in December 1860. He was a member of the state secession convention and a representative from South Carolina at the Confederate Convention in Montgomery, Alabama that established the provisional government and constitution for the Confederate States of America. He represented his state in the Confederate House of Representatives during the American Civil War.".
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- William_Porcher_Miles activeYearsStartDate "1855-11-07".
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- William_Porcher_Miles almaMater College_of_Charleston.
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- William_Porcher_Miles birthPlace South_Carolina.
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- William_Porcher_Miles birthYear "1822".
- William_Porcher_Miles country Confederate_States_of_America.
- William_Porcher_Miles deathDate "1899-05-11".
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- William_Porcher_Miles deathYear "1899".
- William_Porcher_Miles militaryRank Confederate_States_Army.
- William_Porcher_Miles office "36thMayorofCharleston, South Carolina".
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