On November 1, 1863, while encamped on Magazine Heights, Camp Hill, at Bolivar near Harpers Ferry, Anderson slipped and fell over the Heights, about a distance of 200 feet, and was killed.
There were varying accounts of his death. His wife Mary later stated in a pension application that he "was thrown over the precipice," but nothing in the military record indicates this.
Charles was buried on November 2 in Waterford, with many of his comrades in attendance.
(See Goodhart's {History of the Loudoun Rangers}, and Chamberlin and Souders, {Between Reb and Yank}).
On November 1, 1863, while encamped on Magazine Heights, Camp Hill, at Bolivar near Harpers Ferry, Anderson slipped and fell over the Heights, about a distance of 200 feet, and was killed.
There were varying accounts of his death. His wife Mary later stated in a pension application that he "was thrown over the precipice," but nothing in the military record indicates this.
Charles was buried on November 2 in Waterford, with many of his comrades in attendance.
(See Goodhart's {History of the Loudoun Rangers}, and Chamberlin and Souders, {Between Reb and Yank}).
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