Millner enlisted in Co. K of the 38th VA Infantry, the Cascade Rifles of the Pittsylvania Regiment, as a sergeant on June 2, 1861. He was elected 3rd lieutenant on September 17, 1861 and promoted to 2nd lieutenant on November 14, 1861. He was "wounded slightly" on July 1, 1862 at the Battle of Malvern Hill, VA, the last of the Seven Days Battles near Richmond, VA. Millner resigned his commission in a letter dated December 26, 1862 because he wished to join a cavalry company. The resignation was accepted on January 13, 1863, but no records of him with a cavalry unit have been located and he is listed on the rolls of Co. K in early 1865 as a private. Millner was wounded in the right side of the neck by a minie ball at the Battle of Five Forks, VA on April 1, 1865, hospitalized in Petersburg, VA and and captured on April 3, 1865. He remained in hospitals until his release on July 22, 1865 upon taking the oath of allegiance.
After the war, Millner returned home to Pittsylvania County, VA where he farmed. Sometime between 1880 and 1900, he moved to Rockingham County, NC where he died on October 15, 1910. Millner is buried in Greenview Cemetery in Reidsville, NC.
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