Floyd County IN Archives Biographies.....Milligan, James  May 2, 1824 - 
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Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen   Vol. II
H.H. Hardesty, Publisher
N.Y., Toledo, Chicago
1893

P. 1209
James Milligan was born in Sheffield, England, May 2, 1824, of parents, Thomas 
and Christina (Flood) Milligan, both deceased, his father has the distinction 
of being the first man to cast steel in the U.S.  Our subject was married Nov. 
15, 1849, in Wilkes Barre, Pa., to Hannah Boycott who was a native of 
Staffordshire, England. Her parents, no longer numbered among the living, are 
John and Maria (Bowen) Boycott. Mr. and Mrs. Milligan have had issue twelve 
children, born in the order here given: Thomas J. dec., Maria, Christina, 
James, William J., Mary, Catherine, Charles, Sadie and Anne (twins), John 
dec., and Thomas J. dec.  Our subject was by occupation a puddler at the time 
of his enlistment, which occurred August, 1862, at Pittsburg, Pa., as a 
private in Co. D, 155th Pa. V.I., 5th A.C., being 37 years old. His active 
hostilities were the battles of South Mt., Antietam, Sharpsburg and 
Fredericksburg. He was granted an honorable discharge April 10, 1863, near 
Falmouth, Va., on surgeon’s certificate of disability, being unfit for further 
service. He had two brothers in the volunteer service, Edward, a member of 8th 
Pa. Res. and 6th Cav., and George in 9th Pa. Res., who fell at the battle of 
South Mt. for the glorious cause he had upheld. Mrs. Milligan was engaged in 
the Cartridge department of the U.S. Arsenal at Pittsburg, Pa., when it blew 
up in 1862, dealing death and destruction to so many poor souls. She escaped 
with many wounds and bruises, from which she has never fully recovered. A 
nephew, Reuben Snyder, served in the Union Army. Comrade Milligan is unable to 
perform manual labor and he is the recipient of a pension. He may be addressed 
at New Albany, Ind.


Additional Comments:
I came across the photocopied pages in a file at the public
library in New Albany. I have never been able to locate an
original copy of the book.


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