Military: Samuel Baggett, Private, Franklin Parish

Submitted: May 2006 By: L. Posey







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Samuel Baggett, Company E  8th Louisiana Infantry



Samuel Baggett was originally from Mississippi. He was married 

and working as a tanner when he was recruited to enlist on Feb. 22, 1862,

in Winnsboro. Samuel was wounded in the thigh and captured in Sharpsburg,

MD. on Sept. 17, 1862. He was held at a U.S. hospital in Frederick, MD and

then exchanged.



He was sent home on furlough and died in Dec.1862 from effects from his wounds.