Dr. William Linn McMillen (October 18, 1829 – February 8, 1902) was an American surgeon, army general, farmer and legislator.
Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, and educated there, he graduated from Starling Medical College in 1852, and practiced medicine in Ohio until July 1862. McMillen served as a surgeon with the Russian Army in the Crimean War. On the outbreak of the American Civil War, he served as a surgeon with the 1st Ohio Volunteers in 1861, and ...
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Dr. William Linn McMillen (October 18, 1829 – February 8, 1902) was an American surgeon, army general, farmer and legislator.
Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, and educated there, he graduated from Starling Medical College in 1852, and practiced medicine in Ohio until July 1862. McMillen served as a surgeon with the Russian Army in the Crimean War. On the outbreak of the American Civil War, he served as a surgeon with the 1st Ohio Volunteers in 1861, and as Surgeon General of the State of Ohio, 1861-2. He enlisted in the 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment from 1861, being promoted to colonel in 1862. He was wounded on August 30, 1862, in an action at Richmond, Kentucky. Accused of cowardly conduct during that engagement (in which he and about half the Union forces involved were captured), he was court-martialed, tried and acquitted after his release.
He led his brigade at the Battle of Nashville. He reportedly attacked captured and disarmed Confederate General Thomas Benton Smith with Smith...
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