Aka Geoege C. Figgins
Occupation: Farmer
8th Regiment, Illinois Infantry Company G
Son of Wm. Edward Fagan aka Edmund Figgins and Sarah Hall. Sarah died in 1849 of Cholera. Edmund re-married in 1850 to Lydia Margaret (Hall) Harrell, her sister, who's husband and daughter died of Cholera the same year.
Half brother of Lucinda (James T Hackwill), Louisa (S F Ingram) and James Figgins/Fagan
Grandson of Elisha and Lydia (Hamrick) Hall)
Husband of Huldah Perry married May 28, 1862 daughter of William Perry and Emaline "Millie" Breeding
Children:
Harriet Amanda, Sarah E., Huldah Adeline, Clarence, Edward William and George Allen Fagan
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Drafted and mustered in on 7 October 1864, Company G, 8th Illinois Infantry Regiment as a Private; he was residing in Elkhorn, Brown County, Illinois prior to his enlistment at 24 years of age; wounded in action during the siege and capture of Fort Blakely, Baldwin County, Alabama on 9 April 1865 (severe wound in right shoulder)*; mustered out with disability on 18 July 1865.
* "Ligations of Profunda Arteries. — Cases 1136-1142. — Private G. C. Figgens, 8th Illinois, age 25; right shoulder joint April 9, 1865; excision of neck of humerus same day; haemorrhage from profunda May 9th; ligation in wound May 9th; no recurrence; discharged July 22, 1865." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume II. (3rd Surgical volume) by U. S. Army Surgeon General's Office, 1883.
Aka Geoege C. Figgins
Occupation: Farmer
8th Regiment, Illinois Infantry Company G
Son of Wm. Edward Fagan aka Edmund Figgins and Sarah Hall. Sarah died in 1849 of Cholera. Edmund re-married in 1850 to Lydia Margaret (Hall) Harrell, her sister, who's husband and daughter died of Cholera the same year.
Half brother of Lucinda (James T Hackwill), Louisa (S F Ingram) and James Figgins/Fagan
Grandson of Elisha and Lydia (Hamrick) Hall)
Husband of Huldah Perry married May 28, 1862 daughter of William Perry and Emaline "Millie" Breeding
Children:
Harriet Amanda, Sarah E., Huldah Adeline, Clarence, Edward William and George Allen Fagan
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Drafted and mustered in on 7 October 1864, Company G, 8th Illinois Infantry Regiment as a Private; he was residing in Elkhorn, Brown County, Illinois prior to his enlistment at 24 years of age; wounded in action during the siege and capture of Fort Blakely, Baldwin County, Alabama on 9 April 1865 (severe wound in right shoulder)*; mustered out with disability on 18 July 1865.
* "Ligations of Profunda Arteries. — Cases 1136-1142. — Private G. C. Figgens, 8th Illinois, age 25; right shoulder joint April 9, 1865; excision of neck of humerus same day; haemorrhage from profunda May 9th; ligation in wound May 9th; no recurrence; discharged July 22, 1865." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume II. (3rd Surgical volume) by U. S. Army Surgeon General's Office, 1883.
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