. New history of the 99th Indiana Infantry : containing official reports, anecdotes, incidents, biographies and complete rolls . on the left of the 97th Indiana,being now on the left of the brigade. During- the next day (July 12) we lay in line all dayand on the 13th we moved to the right and rear, andduring that night and the next morning we threw upearthworks to protect the men. July 14th, my regiment was ordered to relieve the40th Illinois on the skirmish line, where we skirmisheduntil 10 a. m. of the 15th, when we were relieved by the100th Indiana. As soon as we were relieved, we marchedba
. New history of the 99th Indiana Infantry : containing official reports, anecdotes, incidents, biographies and complete rolls . on the left of the 97th Indiana,being now on the left of the brigade. During- the next day (July 12) we lay in line all dayand on the 13th we moved to the right and rear, andduring that night and the next morning we threw upearthworks to protect the men. July 14th, my regiment was ordered to relieve the40th Illinois on the skirmish line, where we skirmisheduntil 10 a. m. of the 15th, when we were relieved by the100th Indiana. As soon as we were relieved, we marchedback and took our place in the brigade, which hadmoved still farther to the rear, where we lay until the17th, the day of the evacuation. Between the 12th and 15th my regiment was con-tinually under fire of the enemys shell and grape. Boththe men and officers behaved well, with two exceptions,whom I will bring to your notice in another report. List of Casualties: Killed, one; severely wounded,one; slightly wounded, H. L Phillips, Alexander Fowler, Acting- Asst Adjt-Gen. Colonel 99th Ind. Inf. Battle of Jackson. 67. CAPTAIN ALFRED H. HEATH, COMPANY A. 1900. Born November 28, 1838, in St. Lawrence county. New corporal until January, 1863; serg-eant to February, 1863; firstsergeant to November, 1863; second lieutenant to April 7, 1864; firstlieutenant to September 9, 1864; then captain until mustered out,filling each grade in his company. On the march through the Car-olinas, he was in command of the Pioneer corps of the second divi-sion, Fifiteenth army corps. His record is one of which any soldiermight be proud. He was married October 5, 1858, at Ionia, Michi-gan, and has a family of four children. Since the war he lived atIonia, Michigan, for sixteen years; was register of deeds for Ioniacounty four years, and postmaster of Ionia for nine and one-halfyears. Served four years at Lansing, Michigan, as commissionerof labor for the state of Michigan, appointed by Go
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