Soldier:  Samuel L. Milligan

Regiment:  174^th. OVI               

Company:  A

Age:  19                                  

Date Entering Service:  7/25/1864

Period of Service:  1 year

Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):

Samuel was a Corporal in Company A of the 174^th. OVI. He died of disease on 5/7/1865 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Battles in which he fought:

Battle of Overall’s Creek, Tennessee                                           12/4/1864

Battle of the Cedars, Tennessee                                     12/5/1864

Battle of Wyse Fork, North Carolina                                            3/7/1865

Other interesting information discovered:

Samuel L Milligan was born in Columbiana, Ohio on 6/1/1845. He lived in Cardington, Ohio prior to the War. His mother, Ruth Milligan received his pension on 12/31/1887.

Date of Death:  5/7/1865                      

Place of burial:  Raleigh National Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina

Adopted By:  Veteran of Foreign Wars of Ohio                Researcher:  Velda L Montgomery