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Confederate (CSV)

Private

John Riggs

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 4th Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as a Private in Company F, 4th Texas Infantry on 1 August 1861 in Harrisburg, TX.

On the Campaign

He was with his Company in action on South Mountain on 14 September and was mortally wounded in action on 17 September 1862, and left behind in Shepherdstown.

The rest of the War

He died of wounds in Shepherdstown, date not given.

References & notes

Basic information from Davis.1 Burial information from the Confederate Veteran.2 Service dates from his Compiled Service Records,3 via fold3. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Death

Date not known; Shepherdstown, VA; burial in Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, WV

Notes

1 Davis, Rev. Nicholas A., The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, Houston: Telegraph Book and Job Establishment, 1863, pp. 157 - 158 [AotW citation 1813]

2 United Confederate Veterans, and United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans, Confederate Veteran Magazine (1893-1932), 1893-01-00, Vol. 19 (1911), pp. 75 - 76 [AotW citation 2908]

3 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 26683]

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