| Birth: | Feb. 18, 1845
Canton Center
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA | | Death: | Sep. 25, 1895
Kansas City
Jackson County
Missouri, USA | 
From National Park Service Civil War Soidiers and Sailors database:
~ Mills, Edwin C
~ Union
~ 23rd Regiment, Iowa Infantry
~ Company I
~ Rank in: Drummer
~ Rank out: Drummer
~ Film Number:M541 roll 18
From Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol 3, by Guy E Logan:
~ Mills, Edwin C
~ Age: 17
~ Residence: Lewis [Iowa]
~ Nativity: Connecticut
~ Enlisted: 20 Jul 1862, as Drummer
~ Mustered: 28 Aug 1862
~ Mustered out: 26 Jul 1865, Harrisburg, Texas
Drummer Edwin C Mills' Civil War:
~ 20 Jul 1862 -- Enlisted, age 17
~ 28 Aug 1862 -- Mustered in, Company I, 23rd Iowa Infantry, Des Moines, Iowa
~ until Feb 1863 -- Duty at St Louis, Camp Patterson, West Plains, Missouri
~ 9-26 Feb 1863 -- March via Thomasville and Eminence to Iron Mountain, Missouri
~ 9-12 Mar 1863 -- Moved to St Genevieve, Missouri
~ 22-27 Mar 1863 -- Moved to Milliken's Bend, Louisiana
~ 25-30 Apr 1863 -- Moved to Bruinsburg and Grand Gulf, Mississippi
~ 30 Apr 1863 -- Anderson's Hill, Mississippi
~ 1 May 1863 -- Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi
~ 2-3 May 1863 -- Bayou Pierre, Louisiana
~ 16 May 1863 -- Battle of Champion's Hill (Baker's Creek), Mississippi
~ 17 May 1863 -- Battle of the Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
~ 18 May-4 Jul 1863 -- Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
~ 5-10 Jul 1863 -- Advance on Jackson, Mississippi
~ 10-17 Jul 1863 -- Siege of Jackson, Mississippi
~ 13 Aug-3 Oct 1863 -- Duty at Carrollton, Brashear City, Berwick, Louisiana
~ 3 Oct-17 Nov 1863 -- Western Louisiana Campaign (New Iberia, Vermillion Bayou)
~ 17-23 Nov 1863 -- Moved to Brazos Santiago, Texas
~ 27-30 Nov 1863 -- Fort Esperanza, Texas
~ until Mar 1864 -- Duty at Indianola, Texas
~ until 4 May 1864 -- Duty at Matagorda Island, Texas
~ 4-15 May 1864 -- Moved to New Orleans and thence to join Major General Banks on Red River
~ 16-22 May 1864 -- Joined at Simmesport, Louisiana and retreat to Morganza, Louisiana
~ until Oct 1864 -- Duty at Morganza, Louisiana
~ 6 Oct 1864 -- Simmesport, Louisiana
~ 12 Oct 1864 -- Moved to Duvall's Bluff, Arkansas
~ until Jan 1865 -- Duty at Duvall's Bluff and Arkansas
~ 17 Feb 1865 -- Ordered to New Orleans, Louisiana and thence to Barrancas, Florida
~ Mar-Apr 1865 -- Campaign against Mobile and its defenses
~ 21 Mar-2 Apr 1865 -- Steele's March from Pensacola, Florida to Blakely, Alabama
~ 27 Mar 1865 -- Occupation of Canoe Station, Alabama
~ 2-9 Apr 1865 -- Siege of Fort Blakely, Alabama
~ 9 Apr 1865 -- Assault and capture of Fort Blakely, Alabama
~ 12 Apr 1865 -- Occupation of Mobile, Alabama
~ until Jun 1865 -- Duty at Mobile, Alabama
~ until Jul 1865 -- At Columbus, Georgia
~ 26 Jul 1865 -- Mustered out, Harrisburg, Texas
19 Apr 1867
Marriage to Mary Adelaide Wright
Lewis, Cass County, Iowa
From Leavenworth, Kansas, Veterans Center Death Register:
~ Edwin C Mills
~ Died: 25 Sep 1895
~ Age: 50
~ Place of death: Kansas City, Missouri
~ Registtration: #7994
~ Organization: I, 23rd Iowa Infantry
~ Comment: On furlough
From Missouri Record of Death Transcript:
Jackson County, Roll C19509, #1263
~ Mills, Edwin C
~ Male
~ White
~ Age: 50
~ Died: 25 Sep 1895
~ Married
~ Born: Connecticut
~ Place of death: 506 W 14th
~ Cause of death: Tuberculosis
From cemetery records:
~ Mills, Edwin Candee
~ Age: 50
~ Civil War, Company I, 23rd Iowa Infantry
~ Burial: 26 Sep 1895
~ Undertaker: Welden
~ Burial fee: $8
~ Section 9.1 Row 10 Grave 5
Gravestone inscription recorded during 1933 survey of cemetery:
E. C. Mills
Co. I, 23rd Iowa Inf
[Government marker]
Gravestone not found during 1986 inscription survey or 2011 photographic survey of cemetery.
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Family links:
Spouse:
Mary A. Mills (1849 - 1901)
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Union Cemetery
Kansas City
Jackson County
Missouri, USA
Plot: Section 9.1 Row 10 Grave 5 (gravestone not recorded during 1986 or 2011 surveys of cemetery) |
Created by: J F-B
Record added: Aug 15, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 74947050 |
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