TRANSCRIPTION - Milton Sellers Civil War
Discharge Papers by David Abbott Feb 2003
To all whom it may Concern:
Know ye, That Milton Sellers
a Private
of Captain Henry A. Oakes
Company,
I, 129 Regiment of Illinois
VOLUNTEERS, who was enrolled on the 16th,
sixteenth day of August
one
thousand and eight hundred and sixty two to serve Three years or
during
the war, is hereby DISCHARGED from the service of the United States
this
Eighth day of June, 1865, at Washington D.C.
by
reason of [illegible]
(No
objection to his being re-enlisted is known to exist.)
Said Private was born in _______ in the State
of Tennessee, is Twenty Seven years if age,
Five feet Six
inches high, Fair complexion, Blue eyes,
Dark hair, and by occupation,
when enrolled, a Engineer.
Given at Washington D.C. this Eighth day of
June 1865.
S/Robt. E. Beecher
3rd Division, 20th Army
Corps
S/Henry A. Oaks
TRANSCRIPTION
- Milton Sellers - Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home, Quincy, Illinois by David Abbott Feb 2003
Bluffs
Ill. Sep 21st 1904
Milton
Sellers
of the town
of Bluffs, in the County of Scott, and the State of
Illinois, formerly a Soldier of the United States of America, in the
war………against (1) “The Rebellion”,
respectfully asks that he be admitted as a member of said Home.
To enable the authorities to
determine whether or not he is legally entitled to become a member of said
Home, he declares and states the facts to be that he is now 70 years
old; that he is 5 feet and 6 inches high; that
he is of fair complexion, blue eyes, and Dark
hair; that he was born in the town of ________ in the County
of Robertson Tenn. On the 25th day of June,
1834; that he has been (2) once enrolled in the U.S.A. service; in the war
of the late rebellion; and that he has been (3) once honorably discharged from the service of the United
States. That the following is a true statement of the time and place of his
enrollment and discharge from said service, and that the cause of his discharge
and his rank at the respective date thereof namely:
When
and Where Enrolled: Aug 16 1861 Naples, Ill.
When
and Where Discharged: June 8 1865 Washington D.C.
Rank:
Private
Company
and Regiment: Co. I Regt. 129 Ill. Inf.
Cause
of Discharge: G.O.77aG.O 1865
That he now receives, on
pension certificate number 894489, a pension of 8 dollars a
month, payable the 4th day of next October, at the
Chicago pension Office.
That he owns property, real and
personal, of the value of no dollars, and no more; that he has no means
of self-support other than the above named; that his trade or occupation is
that of a farmer.
That
he has no wife; that he has 5 children now living; ages,
respectively, from Nov 22nd
1856 to May 29th 1874 years. That his post office address is
Bluffs, Scott Co., State if Illinois; that his nearest railway station
is Bluffs Ill., on the Wabash railway, in Scott County, in
said State; that the name and address of the person to whom he desires notice
of his illness or death shall be given, is Henry Shafer Undertaker of
County of Morgan, State of Ill.; that, in case of death, he
desires all his personal effects to be sent to Wm. D. Masterson , at Bluffs
County of Scott State of Illinois.
That he is so far disabled by General Disability
and Old Age as to now be incapable of earning his own living.
In
Testimony Whereof , he has set his mark this 21st day of September
1904.
Certificate of Identification
I
do hereby certify, upon honor, that I have personally known Milton
Sellers the above Applicant, for, at least , two years last passed; and
that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the statements contained in his
foregoing application are entirely true, and especially that as to the time of
his residence in Illinois, or service in an Illinois organization. And I
further sate that he has no known mental disorder; and that he requires no
special attendant; and that he can properly be allowed to go at large; and the
he can safely be quartered with feeble and helpless men.
Witness
my hand, S/John Knoeppel, Mayor of Bluffs, Ill.
129th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Organized at Pontiac
and mustered in September 8, 1862. Moved to Louisville, Ky., September 22.
Attached to 38th Brigade, 12th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862.
Bowling Green, Ky., District of West Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June,
1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, June,
1863. Garrison Gallatin, Tenn., to August, 1863. Ward's Brigade, District of
Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st
Division, 11th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, and Army of
Georgia to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-16, 1862. March to Bowling
Green. Ky. October 20-25; thence moved to Mitchellsville, Ky., November 21, and
Garrison duty there till December. Guard R.R. from Bowling Green, Ky., to
Gallatin, Tenn., till June 1, 1863. Skirmish at Richland Station March 19.
Garrison Fort Thomas at Gallatin June 1 to August 22. March to Nashville,
Tenn., August 22, and duty there till February 24, 1864. Expedition
from Nashville to Creelsboro December 28, 1863, to January 4, 1864. March to
Wauhatchie Valley, Tenn., February 24-March 12, and duty there till May 2. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 2-September
8. Demonstration on Resaca May 8-13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Cassville May 19.
Advance on Dallas May 22-25. Burnt Hickory and New Hope Church May 25.
Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creak and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May
26-June 5, Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July
2. Pine Hill June
11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Gilgal (or Golgotha Church) June 15. Muddy
Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna
Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Operations at
Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta
September 2-November 15. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of
Savannah December 10-21. Near Hardeesville, S. C., January 3, 1865. Campaign of
the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Averysboro, Taylor's Hole Creek, N. C.,
March 16. Battle of Bentonville
March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his
army. Moved to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand
Review May 24. Mustered out June 8, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 50 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2
Officers and 128 Enlisted men by disease. Total 180.
129th
Illinois Infantry Regimental Flag
