Millington, Augustus O.

Born: 1828-06-07 Ohio

Died: 1902-02-18 Tennessee

Flourished:

Augustus O. Millington was an army soldier, brick layer, brick mason, contractor, and Union Army officer. Hailing from Worthington, Ohio, Millington moved with his parents in 1839 from Ohio to Sangamon County, Illinois. Upon the commencement of the Mexican War, he enlisted as a private in Company A of the Fourth Illinois Volunteer Regiment. General Winfield Scott promoted Millington to second sergeant for meritorious conduct at the Battle of Cerro Gordo. He held that rank until the end of the war, when he returned to Sangamon County. In April 1850, Millington married Louisa Almira Marshall, with whom he would have five children. He found work in the construction industry as a brick layer. Almira Millington died in November 1856, and in May 1857, he married Harriett E. Doud, with whom he would have one child. In 1860, Augustus and his family were living in Springfield and he was employed as a brick mason. In August 1861, Millington raised a company for the Union Army, which became Company I of the Twenty-Ninth Illinois Infantry, with Millington as its captain. Millington received promotion to major for gallant and meritorious service at the Battle of Shiloh. In August 1863, he received promotion to lieutenant colonel, and the War Department transferred him to the Sixty-Seventh U.S. Colored Infantry. In September 1864, he received command of thirty-five detachments of invalid troops at Bridgeport, Alabama. Millington later moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, remaining in the army until he mustered out in May 1866. In the postwar years, Millington worked as a contractor and builder.

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