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Title: New history of the 99th Indiana Infantry : containing official reports, anecdotes, incidents, biographies and complete rolls
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Lucas, Daniel R
Subjects: United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 99th (1862-1865) United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories
Publisher: (U.S. : s.n.)
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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r picture appears with that of thechaplain in this volume. 1890. Met at Crown Point, September 3d, and held a grandreunion. Colonel Berkey was there and seventy-eightother comrades. It was thought best to have a perman-ent president of the association, with a local committeefrom the place of reunion each year to arrange for theentertainment, program and other matters of interest.Chaplain D. R. Lucas was chosen permanent president. 1891. The reunion was appointed at Detroit, Michigan, atthe time of the National Encampment G. A. R., but theattendance was stiiall, only twenty seven registering,and they were never altogether. Comrade Martin LWhitman was living in the city at the time, and gave allthe boys a hearty greeting, also Captain Heath, at thattime living in Lansing. 1892. Went back to Peru for reunion and had a grand one.The same comrades. Colonel Parrar, Captain Myers,Spaulding, Parks, Ream, Minnie, etc., doing all in theirpower to welcotae the comrades. Seventy-five werepresent.
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Reunions of the Regiment. 239 189^ Met at Indianapolis, at the time of the NationalEncampment, September 4th to 7th, and had over 100comrades present, many of them having- their wives withthem. One evening: was spent with Chaplain Lucas,and all enjoyed the gathering- as only soldiers can whohave belonged to the same regiment. 1894.Met at Crown Point, October 2d, with Comrades Mer-rill and his daughter. Alia, Boney and his daughter Cora,Wells and his daughter Jennie, and Comrade Wise wereon the committee. The picture of most of those presentwas taken the last day and will be found on the oppositepage. The four comrades holding the flags are, begin-ning on the left, Parks, Erb, Wise and Brownell. Thecomrades in picture are: The Chaplain and his daughter. Company A. —Comrades Wells, Merrill, Barton, Erb, Brownell,White, Snyder, Michael, Pierce, Spaulding, Dickinson, Boyd, Stoltz,Gerrish. Company B.—Captain Curry and Levi Slifer in first row. Company C—Edmunds, Wood, Drawans, King,

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