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Milroy, Robert Huston, 1816-1890

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Margaret B. Paulus, Papers of General Robert Huston Milroy compilation

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: V103
Scope and Contents This collection includes four bound volumes containing typewritten transcriptions of General Robert Huston Milroy’s papers that range from 1854 to 1910. The papers were compiled and transcribed by Margaret B. Paulus in 1965 and include Milroy’s family and military correspondence, newspaper articles, and other documents related to Milroy’s life and his service in the Civil War.
Dates: 1965

Robert H. Milroy letter

 Collection — Folder: S0967
Identifier: S0967
Scope and Contents This collection contains an October 14, 1861 letter written by Col. Robert H. Milroy and addressed to the editors of the Cincinnati Daily Times regarding an October 8th article that mentioned that "The Seventh Indiana broke and ran, their officers endeavoring in vain to stop them" during the Battle of Greenbrier on October 3rd. Milroy, a colonel serving with the 9th Indiana Volunteers during the battle, declared that the statement was incorrect and the...
Dates: 1861/10/14