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Charles William Burdick

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Charles William Burdick Veteran

Birth
North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
22 Apr 1921 (aged 78)
Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Crystal Valley, Oceana County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
lot 62, section 1; OSLW Asenath R. & Etta G. Burdick
Memorial ID
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Charles' parents are William Dennison Burdick (1801,RI - 1879,OH) and Clarissa Park (803,CT - 1887,OH).
Charles enlisted as a private in Co. C, 145th Pennsylvania Infantry, on Aug. 14, 1862, for a three year term of service, and was mustered in on Aug. 26, 1862, in Erie, PA. At some point during his service he was promoted to Corporal. He was captured and made a prisoner on June 16, 1864, during the 'Siege of Petersburg', Petersburg, VA, and was released on Apr. 29, 1865. He was honorably discharged on May 30, 1865, in Harrisburg, PA.
When Charles was taken prisoner in the Civil War, he was incarcerated in the infamous Andersonville Prison, near Andersonville, Georgia.
Charles was a patient/inmate at the Michigan Soldiers Home, in Grand Rapids, Kent, MI; admitted sometime between 1900 and 1910, and remained there until his death in 1921.


Charles' parents are William Dennison Burdick (1801,RI - 1879,OH) and Clarissa Park (803,CT - 1887,OH).
Charles enlisted as a private in Co. C, 145th Pennsylvania Infantry, on Aug. 14, 1862, for a three year term of service, and was mustered in on Aug. 26, 1862, in Erie, PA. At some point during his service he was promoted to Corporal. He was captured and made a prisoner on June 16, 1864, during the 'Siege of Petersburg', Petersburg, VA, and was released on Apr. 29, 1865. He was honorably discharged on May 30, 1865, in Harrisburg, PA.
When Charles was taken prisoner in the Civil War, he was incarcerated in the infamous Andersonville Prison, near Andersonville, Georgia.
Charles was a patient/inmate at the Michigan Soldiers Home, in Grand Rapids, Kent, MI; admitted sometime between 1900 and 1910, and remained there until his death in 1921.



Inscription

Corp. CO. C 145 PA Infantry



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