Madison Mills (New York County, New York, surgeon. US army medical director in St. Louis, MO)
b. 1810-10-15 d. 1873-04-28
New York surgeon. New York City, New York County, New York, native. Married to Margaret Halsey Mills in Tompkins County, New York, on December 23, 1840. Father of Ellen Mills, Emma Jane Mills Brewer, George Madison Mills, Frank Halsey Mills, Clara Mills , and Margaret Mills. Served in the United States Army as an assistant surgeon, surgeon (major), and medical director (colonel) from April 1, 1834 through December 31, 1865. Served as medical director of the Department of the Missouri during the Civil War. Subsequently brevetted brigadier general.
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Bibliography
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth Reservation, p. 49.
Census of the State of New York(1865), Population Schedules, Tompkin County, Ithaca, District 11, p. 35.
"Married," Evening Post(New York, NY), January 14, 1841, p. 3.
"Widow of Officer Dies at Bath," Star Gazette (Elmira, NY), June 25, 1936, p. 14.
Francis B Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903 vol. 1, pt. II (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903), 713.
"Madison Mills (1810-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial #19885466, accessed July 6, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19885466.
KYR-0001-003-0030.
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Mills, Madison. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212835 (November 12, 2026).
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