Charles G Briggs's biography, Delton, Barry County, Michigan

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CHARLES G. BRIGGS
The subject of this brief sketch was born in Onondaga county, N.Y.,
Oct. 2, 1819; his parents, no longer living, were Thomas and Lemira
(Seely) Briggs. In 1861 he was united in marriage to Ann Luce. Comrade
Briggs underwent the hardships and privations of a soldier's life when
the country was in peril and was a brave and true defender of his
country.  He was 43 years of age when he was enrolled Nov. 25, 1862,
as a private in Co. D, 1st Mich. S.S., and was one of the best
soldiers of his regiment.  In July, 1863, he was confined in hospital
at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa., two months, suffering with
chronic diarrhea. In 1865 he was detailed at Jerusalem Plank Road,
Va., as home guard. Not until the war ended did he return home, taking
part in the battles of the Wilderness, North Anna River,
Spottsylvania, Petersburg, Hatcher's Run and several others, receiving
an honorable discharge Aug. 11, 1865, at Detroit, Mich.  His
grandfather served in the Revolutionary war; his wife's brother James
was a soldier in a Mich. Regt.  Comrade Briggs is a pensioner and he
resides near Delton, Mich.




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