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r ihM iimmk . ^ *• »'v - • yieuteusatJoseph ,36th,he* been commissioned AdjeMtof the 147th Re|i»iii of Indians f which it now beiog organised in thi greseionsl d is t riot.Adjutant BiUegoit wu t faithfuldtvoted soldier of the Union arm• ♦ /tbreeyears. He . entered the priVate, and was subsequently promotedto the position of let 8ergeadt for gallant conduct in the field. At the battle of Chieamsuga be wee severely wounded in the foot, and wan thus disqualified for duty for several months. Ae soon, however, ae he became able to serve hie conn-try again, he promptly reported to hie regiment, and accompanied bis comrades | wherever dnty called them in the memorable campaign of General Sherman whiob preceded and ended with the captors ofAtlanta. Before the expiration of his• +term of servioe. Sergeant Hilligoss had thepleasure of receiviog from the hands of*%Governor Morton a Lieutenant's commission; hut, owing to the small number of men remaining in his company, he was not sworn in as Lieutenant.Adjutant Hilligoss has entered for another term of servioe in the Army of the Union, and we hope that, ere the year expires, the glad netra will be proclaimed through all the lend, that the rebellion ia crashed and the Union saved.
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Connersville Weekly Times
Connersville, Indiana, US
Thu, Feb 09, 1865
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