Polk County IA Archives Obituaries.....BURGE, ANDREW I. June 1, 1862
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 "AMERICAN PATRIOTISM" OR, MEMOIRS OF 'COMMON MEN.'" by LEONARD BROWN, 1869
ANDREW I. BURGE,
AGE, twenty-seven; a native of Ohio; residence, Des Moines, Polk County;
enlisted Dec. 24, 1861. He had lived in this county since its earliest
organization -his father being one of the first white settlers. Was religious,
and of strict morals, and naturally intelligent; but was inclined to insanity,
and had been at one time a patient in the Asylum at Mt. Pleasant; yet, as a
soldier, he performed his duties faithfully - showing no signs of the return of
his malady. Lieutenant Wilkins informs me that he was a good and obedient
soldier, and Captain Studer says:
	"Of this soldier I can say nothing but what is strictly good. I never knew him
to utter an oath or to say even in unkind word to anybody. He was very sedate,
quiet, and unobtrusive; modest to a fault, perhaps; honest and scrupulously
obedient. He was a splendid soldier and man in every respect. At Shiloh he
fought most bravely. During the siege of Corinth he fell ill, was taken to
General Field Hospital, at Monterey, Tenn. (between Shiloh Church and Corinth),
and died of typhoid fever, June 1, 1862, 1 think, while being transported from
Monterey  to Pittsburg Landing, at the latter place."


Additional Comments:
This is taken from "AMERICAN PATRIOTISM" OR, MEMOIRS OF 'COMMON MEN.'" by
LEONARD BROWN, published by Redhead & Wellslager, 41 Court Ave.Des Moines,IA. 1869.
This book contains remembrances of fallen soldiers from Polk County during the
Civil War. This includes some genealogical material as well.

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