Sergeant Charles Fox of Company C, 6th Cavalry was unidentified in Federal records.
This burial is probably Sergeant Charles W. Cox, who served in Company C of the 6th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment in the American Civil War.
He was wounded through the bowels on July 2, 1863 at the cavalry battle at Hunterstown, Pennsylvania, 4 miles northeast of Gettysburg.
He died the next day, July 3.
He was from St. Clair, Michigan, and was 21 years of age at the time of his enlistment.
This burial was recorded as an "unknown" of the 3rd or 5th Michigan Cavalry in David Wills' listing.
Sergeant Charles Fox of Company C, 6th Cavalry was unidentified in Federal records.
This burial is probably Sergeant Charles W. Cox, who served in Company C of the 6th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment in the American Civil War.
He was wounded through the bowels on July 2, 1863 at the cavalry battle at Hunterstown, Pennsylvania, 4 miles northeast of Gettysburg.
He died the next day, July 3.
He was from St. Clair, Michigan, and was 21 years of age at the time of his enlistment.
This burial was recorded as an "unknown" of the 3rd or 5th Michigan Cavalry in David Wills' listing.
Inscription
SERGT. CHAS. FOX.
CO. C. 6. CAV.
Gravesite Details
His name on his headstone should read "SERGT. CHARLES COX."
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