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C.W. Soldiers

Belgian Civil War soldiers in new york

 


U.S./C.S.

Joseph GROVEN 

Biography

New York

Co. F, Les Enfants Perdus

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Enlisted

27 May 1862 at New York City as Corporal

Discharged

30 January 1864, transfered 47th NY Infantry

Enlisted

transfered from "F" Co.  Independent Corp "Light Artillery " as a Private

Discharged

9 September 1864, died prisonner

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Liège, Belgium

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Biography :

Prisonner of War 20 February 1864 Olustee, FL. He died a POW on September 7, 1864 at Andersonville, GA
Après la guerre les parents de Groven, originaire de Liège, s'adresserent à Sanford en se recommandant de C. de Greny

Sources :
Francis Balace : Officiers Belges d'un corps franc New-Yorkais "Les Enfants Perdus".
Civil War Research and Genealogy Database