Sergeant Major Milton M. Holland a Medal of Honor Recipient
Abstract
A colored Senior Noncommissioned Officer that earned the Medal of Honor during the Civil War on 29 September 1864 at Chaffins Farm, Virginia (New Market Height). Thirty soldier of the Union Army were awarded the Medal of Honor for their heroism in the battle against the Confederate forces during the September 29, 1864, battle of Chaplins Farm, Virginia. He was born on 1 August 1844 in Austin, Texas to Bird and Emily Holland. He was the slave and perhaps son of Bird Holland, who later became Texas Secretary of State. Mr. Bird Holland freed Milton M. Holland and his two bothers, James and William Holland and sent then to school in Ohio during the late 1850s. Milton Holland attended the Albany Enterprise Academy, a school operated by the Free African Americans. He was the third generation of African American born as slaves to the Holland Family Plantation. On 22 May 1863, the War Department authorized the Bureau or Color Troops. By this time 30 Blacks Regiments were on active duty, and this number double be the end the year, with the regiments mustered into federal service, as a part of the United States Colored Troops(USCT).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 03, 2006
- Accession Number
- AD1133970
Entities
People
- Barbara Jones-mcnair
Organizations
- United States Army Sergeants Major Academy