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Basil Murril Riggs


3

rd NC Infantry

Timeline

Birth- Dec 15, 1841
Onslow County, NC
Marriage- Jan 1, 1859-Age: 17 years
Ann Jane Melville
Hospital, Camp Winder, Richmond, Va
Aug 31, 1864
Jackson Hospital, Richmond transferred to Winder
May 8, 1863
Shot in the neck
Gettysburg. Va
Captured
Fishers Hill, Va
Captured at Fishers Hill
Sep 22, 1864
Enlisted
Jul 1, 1861
Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa
Jul 2, 1863
July 1, 1862
Wounded at Malvern Hill, Va
Wounded at Malvern Hill
Jul 1, 1862
Prisoner of War Point Lookout, Maryland
Oct 1, 1864
In Hospital after wounded at Malvern Hill
Richmond, Va
Exchanged
Mar 17, 1865
Prisoner of War
Sep 22, 1864
July 2, 1863
Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa
Prisoner of War
Sent to Point Lookout, Maryland
Death- Jan 20, 1923-Age: 81 years
Onslow County, NC
nephritis
Burial- Jan 20, 1923-Age: 81 years
Riggs Cemetery, Riggs Road, Onslow County, NC

Other Facts

Mother
Francis Harrington
Father
Asa Riggs

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