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	James Abraham Milliken was the third child and first son of Samuel & Sarah (Robison) Milliken. Born on December 13, 1835 in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, he accompanied his parents and two other siblings on their journey west and there relatively short stay in Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Ohio. The Millikens, now with five more children, eventually settled in Wells County, Indiana sometime around 1840. Through the 1850s and as the 1860 Presidential elections neared, the dark clouds of conflict gathered over the young United States. Upon Abraham Lincoln's election and the secession of the Southern slaveholding states, the clouds broke and engulfed the nation in the worst kind of warfare imaginable--Brother killing Brother--CIVIL WAR!! James Abraham Milliken enlisted on August 26th, 1861 in Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana. Enrolled in the 34th Indiana Volunteer Infantry at Andrews, Indiana on 21 September 1861 by Captain Swaim, he was mustered in on October 4th 1861 in Anderson, Indiana by Lt. Colonel Wood at the age of 25 years. He was described in his service records as having grey eyes, sandy hair, standing 5 feet 6 1/2 inches in height with a dark complexion. He served first in Company A, 34th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment. On 20 August, 1862, he was detached as Corporal in the Pioneer Corps. In the November/December 1862 muster rolls he was listed as absent from his unit being ill in Saint Louis, Missouri. By January 1863, he had rejoined his regiment in time to participate with General Grant's bold stroke to circumvent and eventually envelope the city of Vicksburg in the spring of 1863. n the 10th of April, 1863, the regiment was assigned to the 1st Brigade, General McGinnis commanding of Hovey's 12th Division of the 13th Army Corps, and remained in this command during the campaign and seige of Vicksburg. On the 10th of April it was started on the Vicksburg campaign from Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, to a point on the west side of the Mississippi River and crossed the river on transports and gunboats to Bruinsburg, on the east side of the river, on the 30th of April, marched all night and engaged the enemy at daylight on the 1st of May, near Port Gibson, Mississippi. The regiment by command of General Hovey, supported by the 56th Ohio, charged a Confederate battery during the battle, early in the morning, and captured the two field pieces of artillery and 49 prisoners. In this battle the regiment lost 49, killed and wounded. On the 16th of May the regiment engaged in the battle of Champion's Hill, and, while advancing in line of battle, captured the 46th Alabama Confederate Regiment, with its colors, all field officers and 127 men. In this battle the 34th suffered heavy losses in killed and wounded, and among the latter was Lieutenant-Colonel Swaim, who died of his wounds on the 17th of June, 1863 and James Abraham Milliken. James was listed as wounded at Champions Hill (Thompsons Mill), Mississippi on 16 May 1863 suffering a serious wound in his face. Medical records submitted as part of the pension filed indicate that "a conical ball {most likely a 'Minnie Ball'} struck the end of nose immediately above its point, passing upwards backwards and to the left, and was cut out from the angle of the lower jaw, left--side. It has scarred and turned the nose somewhat to the left , and nearly closed the left nasal orifice, impairing respiration and the sense of smell and also impaired mastication on the left side. The nerves distributed to the left arm seem also to be somewhat affected." Moving forward with the army, the 34th, with McGinnis' Brigade took position in front of the Confederate defenses at Vicksburg, opposite Confederate Fort Garrot, and participated in the siege until the final surrender July 4, 1863, suffering 13 men killed and wounded during the siege. During this time, James was left behind at a field hospital on the Champions Hill battlefield. While recuperating in the field hospital on Champions Hill, it was captured by the Confederates. He was paroled by the Southern forces on June 6th and he was returned to Indianapolis, Indiana where he was formally paroled on 25 June 1863. Muster rolls for November/December 1863 list him as 'Absent without Leave'. No indications that any charges were brought against him. In fact, he was "discharged from the 34th Indiana on January 28th, 1864 to receive (a) commission by order (of) the Secy of war Special Order No. 147 War Dept Adjt Gen'l Office, Washington April 14, 1864". He was shown in his records as re-enlisting with the 130th Indiana on the 14th of January by the Indiana Governor Morton.
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