John r miller

John R Miller

  • Enlistment

    Enlistment

    john On August 15 1862 John R miller enlisted into the army
  • guard duty

    guard duty

    time toast he was on guard duty for chrismas at camp lindsey
  • the civil war

    the civil war

    john millerjohn had wrote his first letter to his father describeing how he was enjoying himself
  • sickness

    sickness

    time toast alot of sickness had spread around in camp lindsey but it was mostly measles
  • civil war history

    civil war history

  • rebels

    rebels

    time line they thought that rebel forces were falling baack in nashville
  • letter number 6

    letter number 6

    john he had wrote to his father saying that they left greensburg for lawrenceburg
  • sad news

    sad news

    john his neighbor lost his youngest son
  • nashville

    nashville

    miller his division under general hovey left nashville on April 5th
  • moved to a diffrent spot

    moved to a diffrent spot

    they were under attack at buzzard roost and had been along the whole line through snake creek
  • attacked rebels

    attacked rebels

    they drove rebels about 3 miles
  • he finished harvesting

    he finished harvesting

    they had wheat aand rye sacks
  • home seet home

    home seet home

    he thought he would be able to go home
  • sad news

    sad news

    time tost he heard about his uncle si jones death it was a very sad loss
  • left

    left

    miller They left Decatur, Georgia on October 4th. Since that day, they had marched about 350 miles through Georgia and Alabama
  • attack

    attack

    they were laying in trenches waiting to be attacked in nashville
  • history

  • the sea

    he got seasickness