William F. Biggs

(c. 1831 - 1862)
Home State: Mississippi
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 2nd Mississippi Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was a 30 year old farmer at enlistment in May 1861.

In the Antietam Campaign:
Wounded (chest) at Sharpsburg on 9/17/1862 and captured.

The remainder of the War:
Died from wounds in U. S. Army hospital on 10/13/1862 at Frederick, MD.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Burial information from Pruett1. Life and service details from roster data compiled by Michael R. Brasher.

Birth State: TN
Death Date: 10/13/1862 Death Place: Frederick, MD Burial Place: Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, MD

Notes

1 Pruett, Samuel, and Poffenberger & Good, Greg Farino and Western Maryland Regional Library (WMRL), Washington Confederate Cemetery, possible burials , Hagerstown (MD): WHILBR, 2010 [AotW citation 4413]

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