. New history of the 99th Indiana Infantry : containing official reports, anecdotes, incidents, biographies and complete rolls . five miles. November 25th. Resumed our march to the Oconeeriver; passed through the town of Irwinton: arrived atthe river at 4 p. m.: the ememy being posted on the oppo-site bank prevented our crossing; artillery was placedin position and opened on their works; the 90th Illinoisand 99th Indiana were detailed to picket the river: theSeventeenth army corps joined us at this point; theFourth division and pontoon trains also arrived; dis-tance marched twelve miles. Novem
. New history of the 99th Indiana Infantry : containing official reports, anecdotes, incidents, biographies and complete rolls . five miles. November 25th. Resumed our march to the Oconeeriver; passed through the town of Irwinton: arrived atthe river at 4 p. m.: the ememy being posted on the oppo-site bank prevented our crossing; artillery was placedin position and opened on their works; the 90th Illinoisand 99th Indiana were detailed to picket the river: theSeventeenth army corps joined us at this point; theFourth division and pontoon trains also arrived; dis-tance marched twelve miles. November 26th. The enemy evacuated the oppositebank of the Oconee at 12 oclock at night. At 6 p. the river, marched two miles and encam^^ed. November 27th. Marched in a northeasterly courseand encamped at Irwins cross-roads at 12 m.; distancemarched eight miles. November 28th. Resumed march and encamped;distance fifteen miles. November 29th. Marched eighteen miles; roads in aterrible condition on account of rain. November 30th. Marched fifteen miles; had to cor-duroy and bridge roads continually. March to the Sea. 137. AMOS MILNER, COMPANY B. 1898. Born in Fayette county, Indiana, September 9, 1834. Was en-g-ag-ed in farming- but enlisted in 1862, and served through the war,a faithful and true soldier. In 1868 moved to Kansas, and has livedin and near Madison, Greenwood countj-, ever since, living- on hisfarm up to 1893, and since that has lived a retired life in the citj- ofMadison. Comrade Milner has been twice married; his first wifedying in 1861, he was married in 1865, to Phebe Ann Blakely. Hehas two sons living. Comrade Milner says: Company B sufferedmore because they were charged twice while on the picket line andnearly all killed or wonnded. The badge on his picture shows thathe is a G. A R. man, a friend of his comrades and the , Madison, Kansas. His brother, William, of the 99th, diedin February, 1885, in Lyon county, Kansas, leaving a wife andseven c
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