Henry Biggs
Transcribed and Submitted by Sandy Herve

 

Age: 23
Rank Entering the Service: Private
Rank Leaving the Service: Private
Military Unit: 4th Infantry Regiment
Alternate Name for the Military Unit: Subsequently became 1st TN Cavalry Regiment
Company: E
Enlistment Date: 01 APR 1862
Place of Enlistment: Camp Garber, Knox Co., KY
Abstract of Information available in the Service Records:
Left at Yellow Creek Hospital, KY (sick) Sept. 17, 1862. Captured at ----- Sept. 18, 1862, confined at Richmond, Va. Paroled at Cumberland Gap, Oct. 2, 1862. Muster-in Roll at Camp Dennison, Ohio Dec. 6, 1862. \"A private Died of General Disability brought on by exposure while in the service at Camp Lew Wallace, Ohio Dec 13/62.\" Per the OH Historical Society-Camp Lew Wallace was a tempory Civil War encampment established in early 1862 northwest of downtown Columbus and discontinued by the end of that same year. Usually when a soldier died at camp, they would contact family to claim the body and return it home. If not, they would bury the soldier in the nearest cemetery.
Personal Information about the Veteran (Not contained in the CMSR):
Born Abt. 1837 near Salem, Stokes Co., NC. Youngest son of Zachariah BIGGS and Priscilla HARDEN. Brother of William BIGGS and Zachariah BIGGS. Married Mary WEBB (Abt. 1835 TN - 13 May 1865 in Hawkins Co., TN) on 1 June 1859 in Hawkins Co., TN. Father of Nancy Jane BIGGS (Born 28 June 1860 in Hawkins Co., TN).

 

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