page_title: Milton M. Holland
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Milton M. Holland / Biography
caption_attribution_description: Carte de Visite portrait photograph of Milton M Holland
context_page_description: Milton Murray Holland was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm.
context_section_description: Holland was born as the son of white slaveowner Bird Holland (killed in action at the Battle of Mansfield) and Matilda, an enslaved African-American woman. He joined the Army from Athens, Ohio. At the Athens County Fairgrounds he signed to the recruitment rolls 149 young black men and raised what was to become Company C of the 5th United States Colored Infantry.  He was serving as a Sergeant Major (a temporary assignment) in the 5th USCI when his unit participated in the Battle of Chaffin's Farm on September 29, 1864 in Virginia. Three days before the end of the war, on April 6, 1865, he was issued the Medal of Honor for his actions at Chaffin's Farm. He left the army in September 1865. 
  Holland's wife was Virginia W. Dickey. Milton Holland died from a heart attack at the age of 65 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia.
caption: Wearing a large medal, could be the Medal of Honor which would place this photo in 1865 when he was awarded the medal.
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