Private Marcello Millikin - Minnesota

3024 (barely legible)

Company F, 1st Minnesota Infantry
With the first call to arms Marcello, age 21, and
his brother, George, age 19, enlisted in the First
Minnesota Infantry, Co. F on April 29, 1861.
Marcello entered Company F while George ended
up in Company I. According to James Wright,
who served as the 1st Sergeant in Company F,
Marcello quickly became one of “the large men
of the regiment and was well known by the entire
regiment.”
At the battle of Antietam, Marcello was in the
front rank when the First Minnesota was attacked.
The regiment fell back to a fence and turned to
fire on the rebels. When the rebels fired back,
Marcello was killed. He was left on the field, by his
comrades, but they returned several days later to
bury him. His brother, George, survived the battle
at Antietam, but lost a leg at Gettysburg and was
subsequently discharged for disability

Marcello B Milleken