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| birthdate: | September 27, 1831 | place: | Dresden, Ohio (?) | ||||
| father: | Thomas Mills | birthdate: | 1798 | place: | Virginia | died: | February 21, 1851 Dresden, Ohio |
| mother: | Elizabeth Ferguson | birthdate: | November 4, 1797 | place: | Pennsylvania | died: | September 10, 1876 |
| pre-war occupation: | miller | place: | Zanesville, Ohio | ||||
| post-war occupation: | miller, workhouse officer | place: | Zanesville, Ohio | ||||
| married: | March 8, 1857 | to: | Emeline Ann Hughes | place: | . | ||
| children: | Anabel | . | first wife and child believed to have died of influenza | ||||
| married: | January 10, 1869 | to: | Caterine Jane Spaulding | place: | Zanesville, Ohio | ||
| children: | Rose Ella | born: | August 5, 1869 Salem, Ohio |
died: | . | ||
| George Emmet | born: | . | died: | . | |||
| wife died: | May 25, 1922 | place: | Louisiana, Missouri | ||||
| died: | April 21, 1889 | place: | Zanesville, Ohio | cause of death: | lung and kidney disease | ||
| Military Career | |||||||
| entered service: | April 27, 1861 | Captain | Company K | ||||
| mustered out: | August 18, 1861 | ||||||
| re-entered service: | September 13, 1861 | Captain | Company D | captured: | December 29, 1862 | place: | Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. | promoted: | January 13, 1863 | Major | Field and Staff |
| paroled: | April, 1863 | ||||||
| re-joined regiment: | May, 1863 | resigned: | February 12, 1864 | due to ill health | |||
| appointed: | December 24, 1864 | Captain | First Corps, General Hancock | Washington, D. C. | recruiting officer | ||
| discharged: | . | ||||||
Click here to see photographs of Milton Mills' Civil War officer's coat, sash and sword.
Click here to go directly to the Soldier's Profile page for Newton Mills, Milton's younger brother.
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Tintype photo of Milton Mills | Caterine Spaulding Mills, wife of Milton |
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Article from The Dresden Doings, January 20, 1877, remembering a social event of January 1, 1857, in which the local militia unit known as the Muskingum Rangers, participated and of which Milton Mills was a member before the war. Note that Mills was a Lieutenant and other members who would later enlist in the 16th Ohio. Thanks to Betsy Sternau |
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Milton Mills' brother, Newton Mills (seated near son, Fred), about 1900 |
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Milton and Catherine Mills' daughter, Rosella, as a young child |
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The mill in Zanesville which Milton Mills may have operated |
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Rosella, seated at right, at age 17 |
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Milton Mills' obituary from Zanesville, Ohio, newspaper, April 21, 1889 |
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Milton Mills' obituary from The Semi-Weekly Age, Coshocton, Ohio, newspaper, April 26, 1889 |
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Rosella Mills O'Brien, in later years, at her home in Louisiana, Missouri (note horse & wagon on street) |
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Old and new photos of entrance to Greenwood Cemetery in Zanesville, Ohio, built in 1884, five years before Milton Mills' casket passed through |  |
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Rosella Mills O'Brien, at her father's grave in Greenwood Cemetery Zanesville, Ohio May 30, 1948 |
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gravestone of Major Milton Mills thanks to H. Arlan Heiser |
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