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CPL James Scott Riggs

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CPL James Scott Riggs Veteran

Birth
Death
6 May 1864
Wilderness Battlefield, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 13, Row 5, Grave 27
Memorial ID
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Company A "Ashville Guards" of St. Clair County, 10th Alabama Infantry, Wilcox's Brigade, Anderson's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence was not listed.
Enlisted for the duration of the war on 6/4/1861 at Ashville, AL, he was mustered into Company A, 10th Alabama Infantry, as a Private.
Present on June 4 to July 31, 1861 Roll.
Listed as Corporal and as Present on all subsequent Rolls until Killed in Action in the Battle of The Wilderness, VA.

The 10th Infantry Regiment was formed in June, 1861, at Montgomery, Alabama, and moved to Virginia a month later. The men were raised in the counties of Saint Clair, Jefferson, Shelby, De Kalb, Calhoun, and Talladega.
Company A "Ashville Guards" of St. Clair County, 10th Alabama Infantry, Wilcox's Brigade, Anderson's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence was not listed.
Enlisted for the duration of the war on 6/4/1861 at Ashville, AL, he was mustered into Company A, 10th Alabama Infantry, as a Private.
Present on June 4 to July 31, 1861 Roll.
Listed as Corporal and as Present on all subsequent Rolls until Killed in Action in the Battle of The Wilderness, VA.

The 10th Infantry Regiment was formed in June, 1861, at Montgomery, Alabama, and moved to Virginia a month later. The men were raised in the counties of Saint Clair, Jefferson, Shelby, De Kalb, Calhoun, and Talladega.

Inscription

J.S. BRIGGS
ALA
(Surname misspelled on marker.)

Gravesite Details

Originally buried in Tapp's garden under a cherry tree.


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  • Created by: BigFrench
  • Added: Aug 5, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11484751/james_scott-riggs: accessed ), memorial page for CPL James Scott Riggs (unknown–6 May 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11484751, citing Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by BigFrench (contributor 46554304).