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Pvt Joseph Billiard

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Pvt Joseph Billiard

Birth
Spain
Death
2 Oct 1862 (aged 34–35)
Benicia, Solano County, California, USA
Burial
Benicia, Solano County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 1, Site 86
Memorial ID
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Civil War: Company C, 4th California Infantry

Joseph Billiard was a 34-year-old butcher when he enlisted as a private at Shasta, California, September 19, 1861, and was mustered into Company C, 4th California Infantry, at Auburn, October 5. Private Billiard died of dropsy at Benicia Barracks October 2, 1862, and was buried in the post cemetery. (Orton, 619, 871; CMSR, NARA)
Civil War: Company C, 4th California Infantry

Joseph Billiard was a 34-year-old butcher when he enlisted as a private at Shasta, California, September 19, 1861, and was mustered into Company C, 4th California Infantry, at Auburn, October 5. Private Billiard died of dropsy at Benicia Barracks October 2, 1862, and was buried in the post cemetery. (Orton, 619, 871; CMSR, NARA)

Inscription

JOSEPH BILLIARD
CO C
4 REGT
CALIF INF

OCT 6 [sic] 1862

Gravesite Details

Roll of Honor, vol. viii, p. 60, "At Benicia Barracks", No. 1


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