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Pvt John R. Biggs

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Pvt John R. Biggs

Birth
Henryville, Clark County, Indiana, USA
Death
21 Nov 1863 (aged 23)
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Newman, Douglas County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.8553566, Longitude: -87.9850804
Memorial ID
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According to the muster rolls, John R. Biggs was a private in Company H of the 25 IL US Infantry. He was 5' 6 1/4" tall with auburn hair and hazel eyes; he was single and a farmer when he enlisted at the age of 21. He died on November 21, 1863 in Chattanooga from wounds received at the Battle of Chickamauga.
Source: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database.
According to the muster rolls, John R. Biggs was a private in Company H of the 25 IL US Infantry. He was 5' 6 1/4" tall with auburn hair and hazel eyes; he was single and a farmer when he enlisted at the age of 21. He died on November 21, 1863 in Chattanooga from wounds received at the Battle of Chickamauga.
Source: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database.


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