PVT Co H 40th Illinois Infantry
Residence CLINTON CO, IL / CENTRALIA, MARION CO, IL Age 24 Height 5' 7 Hair AUBURN Eyes BLUE Complexion LIGHT Marital Status N/A Occupation FARMER
Nativity POSEY CO, IN
Service Record
Joined AUG 5, 1861 SALEM, IL
Joined By SAM'L D STUART Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 10, 1861 CAMP BUTLER, IL
Joined JAN 1, 1864 SCOTTSBORO, AL
Joined By LT SUMMERS Period 3 YRS
Muster In JAN 30, 1864 SCOTTSBORO, AL
VETERAN KILLED IN BATTLE JUL 28, 1864 IN FRONT OF ATLANTA GA
-ILSOS
Originally buried near Ezra Church.
The following is from the 40th Illinois Regiment history:
The Regiment was moved from the east to the west of Atlanta, and while on the move, on the 28th of July 1864, the rebels under Hardee and Lee sallied from their works on the Ball's Ferry road, and attacked the Fifteenth Corps with great fury, breaking through the Second Division (General W. S. Smith's). The Fortieth Illinois and Sixth Iowa were sent from the Fourth Division to check the enemy. Moving at double-quick into the breach, they checked the enemy, hurling it back, and as many as six times successively drove it back, in each instance with great slaughter. Major Ennis, commanding Sixth Iowa was killed, and Lieutenant Colonel Hall, commanding Fortieth Illinois, was severely wounded. The struggle was severe, and the loss of the Regiment heavy, but it held its position until the enemy fell back.
BIRGE, C M
PVT INFANTRY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 07/28/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION H SITE 8974
-VA grave locator
Residence CLINTON CO, IL / CENTRALIA, MARION CO, IL Age 24 Height 5' 7 Hair AUBURN Eyes BLUE Complexion LIGHT Marital Status N/A Occupation FARMER
Nativity POSEY CO, IN
Service Record
Joined AUG 5, 1861 SALEM, IL
Joined By SAM'L D STUART Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 10, 1861 CAMP BUTLER, IL
Joined JAN 1, 1864 SCOTTSBORO, AL
Joined By LT SUMMERS Period 3 YRS
Muster In JAN 30, 1864 SCOTTSBORO, AL
VETERAN KILLED IN BATTLE JUL 28, 1864 IN FRONT OF ATLANTA GA
-ILSOS
Originally buried near Ezra Church.
The following is from the 40th Illinois Regiment history:
The Regiment was moved from the east to the west of Atlanta, and while on the move, on the 28th of July 1864, the rebels under Hardee and Lee sallied from their works on the Ball's Ferry road, and attacked the Fifteenth Corps with great fury, breaking through the Second Division (General W. S. Smith's). The Fortieth Illinois and Sixth Iowa were sent from the Fourth Division to check the enemy. Moving at double-quick into the breach, they checked the enemy, hurling it back, and as many as six times successively drove it back, in each instance with great slaughter. Major Ennis, commanding Sixth Iowa was killed, and Lieutenant Colonel Hall, commanding Fortieth Illinois, was severely wounded. The struggle was severe, and the loss of the Regiment heavy, but it held its position until the enemy fell back.
BIRGE, C M
PVT INFANTRY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 07/28/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION H SITE 8974
-VA grave locator
PVT Co H 40th Illinois Infantry
Residence CLINTON CO, IL / CENTRALIA, MARION CO, IL Age 24 Height 5' 7 Hair AUBURN Eyes BLUE Complexion LIGHT Marital Status N/A Occupation FARMER
Nativity POSEY CO, IN
Service Record
Joined AUG 5, 1861 SALEM, IL
Joined By SAM'L D STUART Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 10, 1861 CAMP BUTLER, IL
Joined JAN 1, 1864 SCOTTSBORO, AL
Joined By LT SUMMERS Period 3 YRS
Muster In JAN 30, 1864 SCOTTSBORO, AL
VETERAN KILLED IN BATTLE JUL 28, 1864 IN FRONT OF ATLANTA GA
-ILSOS
Originally buried near Ezra Church.
The following is from the 40th Illinois Regiment history:
The Regiment was moved from the east to the west of Atlanta, and while on the move, on the 28th of July 1864, the rebels under Hardee and Lee sallied from their works on the Ball's Ferry road, and attacked the Fifteenth Corps with great fury, breaking through the Second Division (General W. S. Smith's). The Fortieth Illinois and Sixth Iowa were sent from the Fourth Division to check the enemy. Moving at double-quick into the breach, they checked the enemy, hurling it back, and as many as six times successively drove it back, in each instance with great slaughter. Major Ennis, commanding Sixth Iowa was killed, and Lieutenant Colonel Hall, commanding Fortieth Illinois, was severely wounded. The struggle was severe, and the loss of the Regiment heavy, but it held its position until the enemy fell back.
BIRGE, C M
PVT INFANTRY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 07/28/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION H SITE 8974
-VA grave locator
Residence CLINTON CO, IL / CENTRALIA, MARION CO, IL Age 24 Height 5' 7 Hair AUBURN Eyes BLUE Complexion LIGHT Marital Status N/A Occupation FARMER
Nativity POSEY CO, IN
Service Record
Joined AUG 5, 1861 SALEM, IL
Joined By SAM'L D STUART Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 10, 1861 CAMP BUTLER, IL
Joined JAN 1, 1864 SCOTTSBORO, AL
Joined By LT SUMMERS Period 3 YRS
Muster In JAN 30, 1864 SCOTTSBORO, AL
VETERAN KILLED IN BATTLE JUL 28, 1864 IN FRONT OF ATLANTA GA
-ILSOS
Originally buried near Ezra Church.
The following is from the 40th Illinois Regiment history:
The Regiment was moved from the east to the west of Atlanta, and while on the move, on the 28th of July 1864, the rebels under Hardee and Lee sallied from their works on the Ball's Ferry road, and attacked the Fifteenth Corps with great fury, breaking through the Second Division (General W. S. Smith's). The Fortieth Illinois and Sixth Iowa were sent from the Fourth Division to check the enemy. Moving at double-quick into the breach, they checked the enemy, hurling it back, and as many as six times successively drove it back, in each instance with great slaughter. Major Ennis, commanding Sixth Iowa was killed, and Lieutenant Colonel Hall, commanding Fortieth Illinois, was severely wounded. The struggle was severe, and the loss of the Regiment heavy, but it held its position until the enemy fell back.
BIRGE, C M
PVT INFANTRY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 07/28/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION H SITE 8974
-VA grave locator
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G. M. BIRGE
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