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Confederate (CSV)

Ordnance Sergeant

William H Briggs

(1836 - ?)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 50th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He was appointed 2nd Sergeant in early 1862 and regimental Ordnance Sergeant on 1 June 1862.

On the Campaign

He was captured on 15 September 1862 at Boonsboro, Maryland.

The rest of the War

He was officially exchanged on 10 November 1862.

After the War

Promoted to quartermaster in 1863.

References & notes

Basic service information from Ranger95.1

Birth

1836

Notes

1   Fincham, Jr., Ray, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry Regimental Histories - Georgia C.S.A., Published c. 2005, <http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/index.html>, Source page: /georgia/infantry/50th_inf_regt.html  [AotW citation 2926]