Private C. Peter Muller was born ca. 1825 in Florida. In 1860, he was living at the residence of Daniel Sparkman near Palatka, Putnam County, Florida. Muller declared a personal worth of $100, and his employment as a farm laborer.

He enlisted in Company B, Holland’s Battalion, Florida Volunteers[1] on September 28th, 1861 at Fernandina, Nassau County Florida. He was present with the company until June 10th, 1862 when he was transferred to Davidson’s company in a direct exchange for Corporal Robert Emmett Jones.

Muller was officially enlisted in Captain Davidson’s Company on June 14th, 1862 at Chattahoochee, Gadsden County, Florida. He was present with the company until August 30th, 1863 when he was left at a hospital at London, Tennessee. He is recorded as being employed as a Nurse on a roster issued by the Foard Hospital at Marietta, Georgia beginning on October 1st, 1863; however, he continued to carried as absent from the company at London, Tennessee until February 16th, 1864.

He was admitted under Surgeon’s order into the Ocmulgee Hospital at Macon, Georgia on April 8th, 1864 and was discharged the following day. There are no further records of his service. The date and place of his death, and place of interment are unknown.

[1] This company ultimately became Company A, 10th Florida Infantry Regiment on June 8th, 1864. This organization was also known as the 1st Special Battalion Florida Infantry. (See "National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Microfilm Publication M251: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida. – Reel M251, Roll 73, Images 1600 – 1614)

C Peter Muller