Burton Millard | |
State: | Wisconsin |
State Assembly: | Wisconsin |
District: | Marathon - Portage - Wood |
Term Start: | January 4, 1858 |
Term End: | January 3, 1859 |
Predecessor: | Anson Rood |
Successor: | James S. Young |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | 1828 |
Birth Place: | Scio, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Lee's Mill Earthworks, Virginia |
Restingplace: | Yorktown National Cemetery, |
Spouse: | Harriet Crown (died 1922) |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Volunteers Union Army |
Rank: | Commissary Sergeant |
Serviceyears: | 1861 - 1862 |
Unit: | 5th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry |
Battles: | American Civil War |
Burton Millard (1828April 7, 1862) was an American machinist and Republican politician. He served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly. He died at the Siege of Yorktown during the American Civil War.
Born in Scio, New York, Millard moved to Wausau, Wisconsin. He owned a machine shop. In 1855, he served as Sheriff of Marathon County, Wisconsin, and coroner of the county. In 1858, Millard served in the Wisconsin State Assembly. He served as a commissary sergeant in the 5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War and was killed while on duty in Lee's Mill Earthworks, Virginia.[1]