Biography :

Charles Buysse came in he States about the time the rebellion broke out in 1861, and enlisted in Mishawaka in 1862.

Received a gun-shot wound in the left side of head, giving him a constant pain from his head. He received his scalp wound in action at Chattanooga, Tenn. Nov. 24 and 25, 1863.
The surgeon’s certificate precise he was wounded at Missionary Ridge, the ball, striking the left parietal bone 3 inches above and a little anterior to the ear. Since then has had almost continual pain in head, which he locate on the top, following about the course of sagital suture, there is an oval depression about ¾ inch in lenght at the point where the ball impringed upon the bone. This point is very painful on pressure.

After the war he settled in Mishawaka and afterward removed to South Bend. He was a member of the city of South Bend mail carrier’s force for several years before his death.

Charles Buysse committed suicide in taking Paris Green. The deceased leaves two brothers, Edward and Louis Buysse, both residing in Detroit.