John R Miller

Enlistment

Aug 15, 1862

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

guard duty

Dec 25, 1863

time toast he was on guard duty for chrismas at camp lindsey

the civil war

Dec 27, 1863

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

sickness

Feb 21, 1864

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

civil war history

Mar 5, 1864

civil war

rebels

Mar 5, 1864

time line they thought that rebel forces were falling baack in nashville

letter number 6

Mar 22, 1864

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

sad news

Apr 10, 1864

john his neighbor lost his youngest son

nashville

Apr 21, 1864

miller his division under general hovey left nashville on April 5th

moved to a diffrent spot

May 28, 1864

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

attacked rebels

Jun 17, 1864

they drove rebels about 3 miles

he finished harvesting

Jul 20, 1864

they had wheat aand rye sacks

home seet home

Sep 28, 1864

he thought he would be able to go home

sad news

Sep 29, 1864

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

left

Nov 7, 1864

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

attack

Dec 4, 1864

they were laying in trenches waiting to be attacked in nashville

history

Jan 1, 1865

history

the sea

Feb 27, 1865

he got seasickness