Neil McMillan

A 27 year old student in East Bridgewater, MA, he enlisted there on 18 May 1861 and mustered in as a Private in Company C, 29th Massachusetts Infantry on 22 May.

He was wounded in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

He was promoted to Sergeant on 10 April 1863 and wounded again, on the Wilderness Campaign in May 1864. He mustered out at the end of his term on 21 May 1864.

By 1871 and to at least 1881 he was a tailor in Inverness, Nova Scotia. He was probably back in Massachusetts by February 1886 when his daughter Rachel was born in Boston.

His service from Soldiers, Sailors and Marines 1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists, the Canadian Census of 1871 & 1881, and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Unias Cameron (1840-1871) in Juy 1859 and they had 4 children; she died shortly after giving birth to daughter Unias. He married again, Ann McKinnon (1837-1875) in 1872. He married for the third time, Elizabeth Matilda Ross (1852-) in about 1877 and they had 4 more children.

10/15/1834; Ainslie Glen, Nova Scotia, CANADA

08/30/1902; Boston, MA; burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, MA