from New History of the 99th Indiana Infantry: Containing Official Reports, Anecdotes, Incidents, Biographies and Complete Rolls by Chaplain Daniel R. Lucas (Rockford, Ill.: Horner Printing Co., 1900).
Company G. Born October 5, 1843, in Hendricks county, Indiana. Married Mary E. Kurtz, February 15, 1866. They have two children, a son and daughter. In 1874 he moved to Danville, Indiana, and in 1884, to Logansport, Indiana, where they now reside, he being in the employ of a furniture company. Comrade Vannice was seriously wounded July 22d at Atlanta. He says of that event: “I was wounded about 2 p.m. and lay on the field until 11 a.m. next day, before I had my wound dressed, with no water and nothing to eat. To rest myself, I lay my head upon the body of Colonel Greathouse, of the 48th Illinois, for a pillow that night. He was shot through the heart. I shall never forget that day and night. On the 23d, I was taken to the brigade hospital and had my wounds dressed for the first time.” His health is very poor now.