Garnett McMillan (May 8, 1842 – January 14, 1875) was a 19th-century

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from the

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state of Georgia. Garnett was the son of Colonel Robert McMillan, an Irish immigrant from Antrim who raised a company of infantry at Clarkesville, Georgia that would become Co. K of the 24th Georgia Regiment of Volunteers. Young Garnett served as a Lt. in Company K, while his father became the commanding officer of the regiment. He would serve in this position until June 1863 when he was promoted and transferred to a sharpshooters battalion. During the

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McMillan had served in the Georgia 3rd Battalion, Sharpshooters, commanding Company B. He was elected in 1874 as a

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to represent Georgia's 9th congressional district in the

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. McMillan died on January 14, 1875, before the Congress commenced. He is buried in the Old Clarkesville Cemetery, Habersham County Georgia.

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20100531062826/http://www.colquitt.k12.ga.us/gspurloc/Cobbslegion/gasca/units/3rd_bttn_sharpshooters.htm 1875 deaths Elected officials who died without taking their seats Georgia (U.S. state) Democrats People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War 1842 births {{GeorgiaUS-politician-stub

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