. New history of the 99th Indiana Infantry : containing official reports, anecdotes, incidents, biographies and complete rolls . sort ofapologetic waj he said, Well, I went over and measuredthe bass drum of the 70th Ohio and we cannot afford tohave a smaller drum than they have, so I bought thisbig one. The hearty laugh at the majors expense by anumber who heard his apology was such that he beganto explain again, but they would not hear him. Captain Farrar, who was so long the captain ofCompany D, and colonel at the time of muster out ofthe regiment, was a man of good mind, a good officerand s
. New history of the 99th Indiana Infantry : containing official reports, anecdotes, incidents, biographies and complete rolls . sort ofapologetic waj he said, Well, I went over and measuredthe bass drum of the 70th Ohio and we cannot afford tohave a smaller drum than they have, so I bought thisbig one. The hearty laugh at the majors expense by anumber who heard his apology was such that he beganto explain again, but they would not hear him. Captain Farrar, who was so long the captain ofCompany D, and colonel at the time of muster out ofthe regiment, was a man of good mind, a good officerand soldier, but not always a pleasant man to get alongwith. I always admired his pluck and determinationand steady straightforward methods, and had confidencein him, even if I did not always agree with him. Iheard that he once expressed his opinion of GeneralEwing (Hugh) to that officers face in a very strong way,and I have always remembered him kindly for that. Iam glad to know he yet lives. Captain Powell, of Company I, who became lieuten-ant-colonel on the muster out of the regiment, was a Interview with Colonel Fowler. 165. CORPORAL RODNEY JEGER, COMPANY C. 1900. Born March 21, 1844, in Pennsylvania, parents moving the sameyear to near Brownsburg-, Hendricks countj, Indiana. Enlistedin August, 1862, and served in all the campaigns, being slightUwounded May 28, 1864, at. Dallas, but continued until the regimentreached East Point after the surrender of Atlanta, when he wastaken sick and was sent back to the hospital at Nashville, and fromthere was furloughed home. Recovering, he was sent to Chatta-nooga and was on guard duty until toward spring, when he joinedthe regiment near Goldsboro, North Carolina, and was mustered outwith the regiment. Married April 28, 1867, at Lizton. Indiana, andengaged in farming and merchandizing. In 1881 was elected treas-urer of Hendricks count}, and filled the office with credit and satis-faction to the people. In 1889 he moved to Kokomo and engaged
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