Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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Daniel Murtland Milligan




Husband Daniel Murtland Milligan 1

           Born: 26 May 1843 1
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           Died: 19 Apr 1869 1
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         Father: James M. Milligan (1819-      ) 2 3
         Mother: Rosan Murtland (      -1846) 1





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General Notes: Husband - Daniel Murtland Milligan


He enlisted in Co. A, Fifteenth Reg., Pa. Cavalry, August 19, 1862; participated in the battle of Murfreesboro, was promoted to first sergeant for bravery; carried dispatches for General Rosecrans in several battles; served under Sherman in the march to the sea and was wounded in North Carolina on the 13th of April, 1865, on the day succeeding Lee’s surrender; came home, entered and graduated from Iron City Business college and became bookkeeper for the James Sparks steelworks, but his wound never healed rightly and finally caused his death.

Sergeant D. M. Milligan G. A. R. Post at Madison, PA, was named in his honor.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 616.

2 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 370.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 615.


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