Name: John S. Briggs
Spouse: Ellen J. Kearney
Marriage Date: 5 Dec 1850
Marriage County: Granville
Marriage State: North Carolina
1st Corporal. 2nd Sergeant John Simin Briggs served in H Company of the 30th Tennesse Infantry, he was captured at Fort Donelson. After serving time as a Federal prisoner of war, he was paroled and or exchanged at Vicksburg. He was appointed corporal and later became a Sergeant. He was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga, on September 19 1863 in an attempted ambush on Horseshoe Ridge. The Sergeant died from the injuries he sustained in the Battle of Chickamauga on September 23, 1863. He is most likely buried at the battleground close to where the infirmary tent was located.
-From his 3rd Great Grandson, Robert William Moon
Spouse: Ellen J. Kearney
Marriage Date: 5 Dec 1850
Marriage County: Granville
Marriage State: North Carolina
1st Corporal. 2nd Sergeant John Simin Briggs served in H Company of the 30th Tennesse Infantry, he was captured at Fort Donelson. After serving time as a Federal prisoner of war, he was paroled and or exchanged at Vicksburg. He was appointed corporal and later became a Sergeant. He was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga, on September 19 1863 in an attempted ambush on Horseshoe Ridge. The Sergeant died from the injuries he sustained in the Battle of Chickamauga on September 23, 1863. He is most likely buried at the battleground close to where the infirmary tent was located.
-From his 3rd Great Grandson, Robert William Moon
Name: John S. Briggs
Spouse: Ellen J. Kearney
Marriage Date: 5 Dec 1850
Marriage County: Granville
Marriage State: North Carolina
1st Corporal. 2nd Sergeant John Simin Briggs served in H Company of the 30th Tennesse Infantry, he was captured at Fort Donelson. After serving time as a Federal prisoner of war, he was paroled and or exchanged at Vicksburg. He was appointed corporal and later became a Sergeant. He was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga, on September 19 1863 in an attempted ambush on Horseshoe Ridge. The Sergeant died from the injuries he sustained in the Battle of Chickamauga on September 23, 1863. He is most likely buried at the battleground close to where the infirmary tent was located.
-From his 3rd Great Grandson, Robert William Moon
Spouse: Ellen J. Kearney
Marriage Date: 5 Dec 1850
Marriage County: Granville
Marriage State: North Carolina
1st Corporal. 2nd Sergeant John Simin Briggs served in H Company of the 30th Tennesse Infantry, he was captured at Fort Donelson. After serving time as a Federal prisoner of war, he was paroled and or exchanged at Vicksburg. He was appointed corporal and later became a Sergeant. He was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga, on September 19 1863 in an attempted ambush on Horseshoe Ridge. The Sergeant died from the injuries he sustained in the Battle of Chickamauga on September 23, 1863. He is most likely buried at the battleground close to where the infirmary tent was located.
-From his 3rd Great Grandson, Robert William Moon
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