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Confederate (CSV)

Sergeant

David R. Staggers

(c. 1829 - 1863)

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 13th Alabama Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A 32 year old farmer from Greenville in Butler County, AL, he enlisted in Montgomery, AL on 19 July 1861 and mustered as 2nd Corporal of Company G of the 13th Alabama Infantry. He was promoted to 2nd Sergeant in July 1862.

On the Campaign

He was with his company in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September but probably not at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant on 23 July 1863 but was killed at Bristoe Station, VA on 14 October 1863.

References & notes

His service from his Confederate Compiled Service Records1 online from fold3, and the Alabama Archives.2

Birth

c. 1829 in AL

Death

10/14/1863; Bristoe Station, VA

Notes

1 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 32942]

2 State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives & History, Alabama Civil War Service Database, Published 2004, first accessed 01 January 2010, <https://archives.alabama.gov/research/CivilWarService.aspx> [AotW citation 32943]

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