★ McMillan, James W.

James Winning McMillan​

Born: April 28, 1825

Birthplace: Clark County, Kentucky

Father: Robert McMillan Sr. 1802 – 1875

(Buried: Agnes City Cemetery, Bushong, Kansas)​

Mother: Nancy Winning 1800 – 1844

Wife: Minerva A. Foote 1828 – 1916

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

Children:

Minnie McMillan Fourchy 1861 – 1954​

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

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Isis Foote McMillan Lewis 1867 – 1953​

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

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Minerva C. McMillan 1869 – 1927​

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

Occupation before War:

Served in the Mexican – American War rising to the rank of Sgt.​

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Businessman in Indiana​

Civil War Career:

1861: Helped raise the 21st​ Indiana Infantry Regiment​

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1861 – 1862: Colonel of 21st​ Indiana Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Served in the Union Occupation of New Orleans​

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1862: Wounded in left arm and chest during the Battle of Baton Rouge​

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1862 – 1863: Served duty at Berwick Bay in Louisiana​

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1862 – 1865: Brigadier General, Union Army, Volunteers​

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1863 – 1864: Served as Brigade and Division Commander​

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1864: Served in the Red River Campaign​

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1864: Served in the Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana​

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1864: Served in the Battle of Monnett's Ferry, Louisiana​

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1864: Wounded in the head at Battle of Winchester, Virginia​

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1864: Served in the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia​

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1864: On leave from the army due to fistula in ano​

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1865: Division Commander at Grafton, West Virginia​

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1865: Brevetted Major General for his service in the war​

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1865: Mustered out of the Union Army on May 15th​​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1875: Businessman in Kansas​

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1872 – 1903: Suffered from pain in his right hip and leg​

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1875 – 1903: Member of United States Pension Bureau​

Died: March 9, 1903

Place of Death: Washington, D.C.

Cause of Death: General debility and exhaustion

Age at time of Death: 77 years old

Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday (Thursday) week Brig. General James W. McMillan! Salutes remembering General McMillan on his birthday.

 

[ErnieMac]

McMillan served at Cedar Creek (not Cedar Mountain) in 1864. His troops served to rally Federal troops routed by Early's command at the beginning of the battle.

 

[Pollaco]

Colonel McMillan's 21st Indiana Infantry became the 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery in Febuary of 1863.

 

[Pollaco]

A different biography of McMillan states that he missed the fighting at Baton Rouge yet this profile of him states he was wounded in the arm and chest there.