{{Short description|Union Army officer (1825–1897)}} {{infobox military person |name = Milton Montgomery |image = 22-26-113-montgomery-cropped.jpg |caption = Bronze relief portrait of Montgomery by [[Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson|T.A.R. Kitson]], [[Vicksburg National Military Park]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1825|5|3}} |birth_place = [[Olivesburg, Ohio]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1897|5|23|1825|5|3}} |death_place = [[Omaha, Nebraska]], U.S. |burial_place = [[Wyuka Cemetery]], {{nobreak|[[Lincoln, Nebraska]]}} |allegiance = [[United States]] |branch = [[United States Army]]<br />[[Union Army]] |rank = {{unbulleted list | [[Colonel]], [[United States Volunteers|USV]] | [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brig. General]], [[United States Volunteers|USV]] }} |service_years = 1862–1865 |commands = [[25th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment|25th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry]] |battles = [[American Civil War]] }} '''Milton Montgomery''' (May 3, 1825{{spaced ndash}}May 23, 1897) was a [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]] in the [[Union Army]] during the [[American Civil War]] who was nominated and confirmed for appointment to the grade of [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] in 1866.
==Biography== [[File:Grave of Milton Montgomery (1825–1897) at Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Montgomery's grave at Wyuka Cemetery]]
Montgomery was born on May 3, 1825, in [[Olivesburg, Ohio]]. He later moved to [[Sparta, Wisconsin]]. Montgomery died on May 23, 1897, in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], and is buried in [[Wyuka Cemetery]].
==Career== Montgomery began his Civil War service in command of the [[25th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment]] on September 14, 1862.<ref name="Eicher393">Eicher, John H., and [[David J. Eicher]], ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. {{ISBN|0-8047-3641-3}}. pp. 393–394.</ref> He suffered the loss of his right arm at [[Decatur, Georgia]], during the [[Battle of Atlanta]], where he was captured on July 22, 1864.<ref name="Eicher393"/> He subsequently was exchanged.<ref name="Eicher393"/> Despite the loss of his arm, Montgomery later took part in the [[Carolinas campaign]].<ref name="Eicher393"/> He commanded the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, [[XVII Corps (Union Army)|XVII Corps]] of the [[Army of the Tennessee]] from January 29, 1865, to March 28, 1865, and from May 20, 1865, to June 7, 1865.<ref name="Eicher393"/> Montgomery was mustered out of the volunteers on June 7, 1865.<ref name="Eicher393"/> On January 13, 1866, [[President of the United States|President]] [[Andrew Johnson]] nominated Montgomery for appointment to the grade of [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865, and the [[United States Senate]] confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866.<ref>Eicher, 2001, p. 753.</ref>
==See also== *[[List of American Civil War brevet generals]]
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