Robert Huston Milroy
Born: June 11, 1816
Birthplace: Canton Salem, Indiana
Father: Samuel Milroy 1780 – 1845
Mother: Martha “Patsy” Huston 1786 – 1858
Wife: Mary Jane Armitage 1824 – 1904
(Buried: Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Washington)
Children:
Edwin Bruce Milroy
(Buried: Morning Heights Cemetery, Delphi, Indiana)
Edgar Whitefield Milroy Unknown – 1856
(Buried: Morning Heights Cemetery, Delphi, Indiana)
Ella G. Milroy 1851 – 1870
(Buried: Morning Heights Cemetery, Delphi, Indiana)
Valerius Armitage Milroy 1855 – 1927
(Buried: Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Washington)
Walter Judson Milroy 1857 – 1935
(Buried: Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Washington)
Robert Bruce Milroy 1859 – 1940
(Buried: Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Washington)
Samuel Clay Milroy 1866 – 1875
(Buried: Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Washington)
Education:
1843: Graduated from Norwich Academy
1850: Graduated from Indiana University Law School
Occupation before War:
1846 – 1847: Captain of 1st Indiana Volunteers but saw no action
Attorney in Rensselear, Indiana
Judge of Rensselear, Indiana
Civil War Career:
1861: Recruiter for 9th Indiana State Militia
1861: Captain in 9th Indiana State Militia
1861: Colonel of 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment
1861: Served in the Western Virginia Campaign under McClellan
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
1861 – 1862: Union Army Commander of District of Cheat Mountain
1862: Brigade Commander during Jackson’s Valley Campaign
1862: Union Army Commander at Battle of McDowell, Virginia
1862: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia
1862: Brigade Commander during Second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
1862 – 1865: Major General of Union Army Volunteers
1863: Union Army Commander at Second Battle of Winchester, Virginia
1863: Thrown from his saddle at the Battle of Winchester, Virginia
1864: Recruiter for Union Army of the Cumberland
1864: Commander of Defenses of Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
1864: Served in Command at the Third Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1865: Resigned as Brigadier General on July 26th
Occupation after War:
Trustee of Wabash and Erie Canal Company
1866 – 1890: Suffered from rheumatism of the hip
1872 – 1875: Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Washington Territory
1875 – 1885: United States Agent of Indian Affairs in Washington
1875 – 1890: Had to use a cane due to inflammation of the joints
Author of Papers of General Robert Huston Milroy
Died: March 29, 1890
Place of Death: Olympia, Washington
Age at time of Death: 73 years old
Burial Place: Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Washington
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