. New history of the 99th Indiana Infantry : containing official reports, anecdotes, incidents, biographies and complete rolls . nto a sandbank. Abandoned train and marched to Holly Springs arriving atnoon. Marched seven miles south to Lumpkins Mills. Whole regi-ment on picket and it rained all night. April 19. A man with a dry garment upon him would have beena curiosity. I took off my shirt and with the aid of a comradewrung the water out and put it back on. It fit rather close but itwas all I had and I was as well off as anj- of the rest. We startedearly and marched southwest fifteen miles O
. New history of the 99th Indiana Infantry : containing official reports, anecdotes, incidents, biographies and complete rolls . nto a sandbank. Abandoned train and marched to Holly Springs arriving atnoon. Marched seven miles south to Lumpkins Mills. Whole regi-ment on picket and it rained all night. April 19. A man with a dry garment upon him would have beena curiosity. I took off my shirt and with the aid of a comradewrung the water out and put it back on. It fit rather close but itwas all I had and I was as well off as anj- of the rest. We startedearly and marched southwest fifteen miles Out of bread and notelling when we will get more. Heard firing in front and shelledthe woods in the forenoon. April 20. Marched southwest about twenty miles, our regi-ment in advance and it was a pleasant day. Reports of enemy infront and our scouts captured a few of them. No lights allowed andperfect silence enjoined at night. April 21. Started at 2 a. m. and marched over twenty miles tothe northwest, passing Senatobia at noon and camped near ColdWater Station. Captured a number of the enemy, but General The Chalmers ERASTUS ELLIBEE, COMPANY D. 1887. Born September 1, 1841, in Dark county, and the following is abrief statement of a varied career indeed: Came to Grant count},Indiana, from there to Wabash, then to Miami county. Enlisted inAugust, 1861, in 40th Indiana, but was taken sick and did not get togo; enlisted in August, 1862, in the 99th; went all through with theregiment; wounded through the muscle of the right thigh at NewHope church, June 4, 1864; and under the left ear, battering the jawand affecting the hearing, at Atlanta, August 18, 1864; got back tothe regiment just in time to make the march to the sea; was forageron the march and marched all the way throush the Carolinas; mus-tered out with the regiment. In August after he came home, hismother died, and he went to Rensselaer, bought a piece of land andimproved it. In 1871 went to Sacramento, California; w
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