Genealogical Abstracts from The Carolina Spartan, 1866-1872
Abstracted by Larry Vehorn, 1999, Southern Historical Press, Inc.
April 26, 1866
Capt. A. B. Briant died on the 25th March, 1865. He enlisted into the service of his country on the 21st Nov. 1861. He was a devoted member of the Baptist Church, and was the oldest of five brothers of which only three survive. He was a member of Co. B., Holcombe Legion. At Manassas he received a severe wound to his shoulder. At the fort works around Petersburg, Va., at about 7 o'clock a.m., he was pierced with a small fragment of a shell which passed through his head and caused instant death. Surviving are his wife, four little daughters, and his parents. Remains now sleep at Petersburg.
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Abstracted by Larry Vehorn, 1999, Southern Historical Press, Inc.
April 26, 1866
Capt. A. B. Briant died on the 25th March, 1865. He enlisted into the service of his country on the 21st Nov. 1861. He was a devoted member of the Baptist Church, and was the oldest of five brothers of which only three survive. He was a member of Co. B., Holcombe Legion. At Manassas he received a severe wound to his shoulder. At the fort works around Petersburg, Va., at about 7 o'clock a.m., he was pierced with a small fragment of a shell which passed through his head and caused instant death. Surviving are his wife, four little daughters, and his parents. Remains now sleep at Petersburg.
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Genealogical Abstracts from The Carolina Spartan, 1866-1872
Abstracted by Larry Vehorn, 1999, Southern Historical Press, Inc.
April 26, 1866
Capt. A. B. Briant died on the 25th March, 1865. He enlisted into the service of his country on the 21st Nov. 1861. He was a devoted member of the Baptist Church, and was the oldest of five brothers of which only three survive. He was a member of Co. B., Holcombe Legion. At Manassas he received a severe wound to his shoulder. At the fort works around Petersburg, Va., at about 7 o'clock a.m., he was pierced with a small fragment of a shell which passed through his head and caused instant death. Surviving are his wife, four little daughters, and his parents. Remains now sleep at Petersburg.
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Abstracted by Larry Vehorn, 1999, Southern Historical Press, Inc.
April 26, 1866
Capt. A. B. Briant died on the 25th March, 1865. He enlisted into the service of his country on the 21st Nov. 1861. He was a devoted member of the Baptist Church, and was the oldest of five brothers of which only three survive. He was a member of Co. B., Holcombe Legion. At Manassas he received a severe wound to his shoulder. At the fort works around Petersburg, Va., at about 7 o'clock a.m., he was pierced with a small fragment of a shell which passed through his head and caused instant death. Surviving are his wife, four little daughters, and his parents. Remains now sleep at Petersburg.
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Wife of Capt. Alfred B. Bryant, Co. B, Holcombe SC Vols. Killed in Battle March 25 near Petersburg, VA, Where his body is buried in an unmarked grave
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