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Federal (USV)

Sergeant

Cornelius Briggs

Home State: Massachusetts

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 15th Massachusetts Infantry

Before Antietam

He was in Company I.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from Commonwealth of Massachusetts1. Age 19, a jeweller in Webster on enlistment in May 1861. Deserted 24 May 1863 at Webster, MA. Returned (gained) 7 March 1864 and discharged for disability the same day.

Notes

1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Adjutant General, Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 8 Vols, Norwood (MA): Norwood Press, 1931-35, Vol. 2, pp. 190 - 191 [AotW citation 5904]

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