Burr Dugan moved with his parents from South Carolina to Mississippi in the late 1840s. He was raised on his father's farm along Running Water Creek in southern Noxubee County, west of the village of Shuqualak. He and his brothers were educated at nearby Summerville Institute. On October 5, 1861, at the age of eighteen, Burr Dugan enlisted at Bowling Green, KY, as a private in the Beauregard Rifles, Co. F of the 14th Miss. Infantry, C.S.A. He was enrolled by his older brother, 1st Lieut. Pierce Butler Dugan, who had been a member of the company since its organization at Plattsburg, MS, in April, and who later was promoted to Captain.
Burr's company was captured in February 1862, upon the surrender of Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River in Kentucky. His company and his regiment were transported as prisoners of war to Camp Douglas in Illinois, where they remained until paroled in September 1862. Burr was promoted to 3rd Corporal on September 25, 1863, while the company was in central Mississippi after the loss of Vicksburg. The regiment was sent to Georgia during the Atlanta campaign in the summer of 1864 and served in the trenches around Atlanta until the city's surrender in September 1864. The regiment then moved to Tennessee to take part in the Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville campaigns. Burr was killed on December 15, 1864, on the first day of the Battle of Nashville.
Burr's company was captured in February 1862, upon the surrender of Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River in Kentucky. His company and his regiment were transported as prisoners of war to Camp Douglas in Illinois, where they remained until paroled in September 1862. Burr was promoted to 3rd Corporal on September 25, 1863, while the company was in central Mississippi after the loss of Vicksburg. The regiment was sent to Georgia during the Atlanta campaign in the summer of 1864 and served in the trenches around Atlanta until the city's surrender in September 1864. The regiment then moved to Tennessee to take part in the Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville campaigns. Burr was killed on December 15, 1864, on the first day of the Battle of Nashville.
Burr Dugan moved with his parents from South Carolina to Mississippi in the late 1840s. He was raised on his father's farm along Running Water Creek in southern Noxubee County, west of the village of Shuqualak. He and his brothers were educated at nearby Summerville Institute. On October 5, 1861, at the age of eighteen, Burr Dugan enlisted at Bowling Green, KY, as a private in the Beauregard Rifles, Co. F of the 14th Miss. Infantry, C.S.A. He was enrolled by his older brother, 1st Lieut. Pierce Butler Dugan, who had been a member of the company since its organization at Plattsburg, MS, in April, and who later was promoted to Captain.
Burr's company was captured in February 1862, upon the surrender of Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River in Kentucky. His company and his regiment were transported as prisoners of war to Camp Douglas in Illinois, where they remained until paroled in September 1862. Burr was promoted to 3rd Corporal on September 25, 1863, while the company was in central Mississippi after the loss of Vicksburg. The regiment was sent to Georgia during the Atlanta campaign in the summer of 1864 and served in the trenches around Atlanta until the city's surrender in September 1864. The regiment then moved to Tennessee to take part in the Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville campaigns. Burr was killed on December 15, 1864, on the first day of the Battle of Nashville.
Burr's company was captured in February 1862, upon the surrender of Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River in Kentucky. His company and his regiment were transported as prisoners of war to Camp Douglas in Illinois, where they remained until paroled in September 1862. Burr was promoted to 3rd Corporal on September 25, 1863, while the company was in central Mississippi after the loss of Vicksburg. The regiment was sent to Georgia during the Atlanta campaign in the summer of 1864 and served in the trenches around Atlanta until the city's surrender in September 1864. The regiment then moved to Tennessee to take part in the Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville campaigns. Burr was killed on December 15, 1864, on the first day of the Battle of Nashville.
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