Joseph S. MILNE, worked as printer in Rhode Island, killed in civil war
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rom "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907"
prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution
printed in 1907
"The Journeymen"
p. LVII.
"JOSEPH S. MILNE - Lieutenant in R. I. Battery B; received a fatal wound during the battle of Gettysburg, and his dead body has been received by his friends in Fall River. Lieut. Milne was a printer, who enlisted from the office of the Post into Battery E, and arose by merit until he received a commission as Second Lieutenant and was assigned to Battery B. A short time since then, when Capt. Cushing of the regular army desired the assistance of another officer in his battery, Lieut. Milne was detailed for the honorable duty, and it was in fighting with this battery that the gallant young fellow received his death wound. Every officer of that battery was either killed or wounded. Lieut. Milne commanded the warmest esteem of his brother officers and was much beloved by his men. - Providence Journal, July 16, 1863. He was a brother of William O. Milne of Newport."
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