"Died at Roanoke Island, N.C., October 27th, 1862, David Scott Riggs of the Burnside Expedition, formerly of Chenoa, Ill., the son of Albert and Mary E. Riggs, aged 20 years and 16 days."
(Extracted from The Christian Intelligencer of the Reformed Dutch Church, N.Y., vol. XXXIII, no. 1688, 4 Dec. 1862)
The Civil War "Burnside Expedition" was the Union force's invasion of North Carolina that included battles from February to June 1862, among which actions was the seizure of Roanoke Island. Activities associated with the expedition continued through the end of 1862. David S. Riggs served in the Burnside Expedition but did not die in action. He enlisted 21 Aug. 1862 in New York City, signing on for a three-year term of service. On 30 Aug. 1862, David was mustered in at the rank of private in Company B of the 772nd Artillery (New York Marine Light Artillery Battery, F. M. McClellan S. Marine Artillery). He died of "congestive fever" at the Regimental Hospital on Roanoke Island on 27 Oct. 1862. The Burnside Expedition's mortality rate due to disease in the latter half of 1862 was much higher than the mortality rate due to combat.
(Extracted from The Christian Intelligencer of the Reformed Dutch Church, N.Y., vol. XXXIII, no. 1688, 4 Dec. 1862)
The Civil War "Burnside Expedition" was the Union force's invasion of North Carolina that included battles from February to June 1862, among which actions was the seizure of Roanoke Island. Activities associated with the expedition continued through the end of 1862. David S. Riggs served in the Burnside Expedition but did not die in action. He enlisted 21 Aug. 1862 in New York City, signing on for a three-year term of service. On 30 Aug. 1862, David was mustered in at the rank of private in Company B of the 772nd Artillery (New York Marine Light Artillery Battery, F. M. McClellan S. Marine Artillery). He died of "congestive fever" at the Regimental Hospital on Roanoke Island on 27 Oct. 1862. The Burnside Expedition's mortality rate due to disease in the latter half of 1862 was much higher than the mortality rate due to combat.
"Died at Roanoke Island, N.C., October 27th, 1862, David Scott Riggs of the Burnside Expedition, formerly of Chenoa, Ill., the son of Albert and Mary E. Riggs, aged 20 years and 16 days."
(Extracted from The Christian Intelligencer of the Reformed Dutch Church, N.Y., vol. XXXIII, no. 1688, 4 Dec. 1862)
The Civil War "Burnside Expedition" was the Union force's invasion of North Carolina that included battles from February to June 1862, among which actions was the seizure of Roanoke Island. Activities associated with the expedition continued through the end of 1862. David S. Riggs served in the Burnside Expedition but did not die in action. He enlisted 21 Aug. 1862 in New York City, signing on for a three-year term of service. On 30 Aug. 1862, David was mustered in at the rank of private in Company B of the 772nd Artillery (New York Marine Light Artillery Battery, F. M. McClellan S. Marine Artillery). He died of "congestive fever" at the Regimental Hospital on Roanoke Island on 27 Oct. 1862. The Burnside Expedition's mortality rate due to disease in the latter half of 1862 was much higher than the mortality rate due to combat.
(Extracted from The Christian Intelligencer of the Reformed Dutch Church, N.Y., vol. XXXIII, no. 1688, 4 Dec. 1862)
The Civil War "Burnside Expedition" was the Union force's invasion of North Carolina that included battles from February to June 1862, among which actions was the seizure of Roanoke Island. Activities associated with the expedition continued through the end of 1862. David S. Riggs served in the Burnside Expedition but did not die in action. He enlisted 21 Aug. 1862 in New York City, signing on for a three-year term of service. On 30 Aug. 1862, David was mustered in at the rank of private in Company B of the 772nd Artillery (New York Marine Light Artillery Battery, F. M. McClellan S. Marine Artillery). He died of "congestive fever" at the Regimental Hospital on Roanoke Island on 27 Oct. 1862. The Burnside Expedition's mortality rate due to disease in the latter half of 1862 was much higher than the mortality rate due to combat.
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