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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WILMETTE RESIDENT DIED IN MILITARY SERVICE JAMES A. MULLIGAN - continued. march of 120 miles to Lexington, Mo., [Missouri] where the first notable seige of the war occurred. Mulligan was placed in command. For nine days the garñson fought against the vastly superior forces of the enemy, as well as against hunger and thirst; provisions were inadequate and the water supply wholly failed. Mulligan surrendered. The 23rd was mustered out, but reassembled under the command of Colonel Mulligan at Camp Douglas in Chicago. While he was commandant there, guarding rebel prisoners waiting to be exchanged, the camp became notorious as the worst Union prison camp from the standpoint of health, sanitation and diet. On June 14, 1862 the Regiment was ordered to Harper's Ferry, Va. [Virginia] After that it served in both Virginias, involved in many battles and skirmishes. Again in April 1864 the Regiment was reorganized at Chicago and the month's furlough having expired, returned to Virginia. During the month of July 1864 the Regiment participated in engagements in Leetown, Va., Maryland Heights, Md., Snicker's Gap, Va., and finally, Kernstown, Va. on July 23 and [Virginia] 24. It was in the 2nd battle of Kernstown that Colonel Mulligan was mortally wounded. Sources: Histor the 23rd Infantry, from the Adjutant General's report (from the Department of Military Affairs, Springfield) Department of Veterans' Affairs (Graves Registration), Springfield Mark Braun, historian and author, Northfield