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Pvt Robert Best Jr.

Birth
England
Death
1 Oct 1864 (aged 22–23)
Florence, Florence County, South Carolina, USA
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Robert Best,Jr was a mechanic in West Springfield,MA when he enlisted in the Union Army.He enlisted in Co I,10th Infantry Regiment on 21 Jun 1861.Wounded in hand at Fair Oaks,VA,then a POW May 18,1864 at Spottsylvania,VA.Transferred to Andersonville Prison where he became sick and died on Oct. 1,1864.
Robert Best,Jr was a mechanic in West Springfield,MA when he enlisted in the Union Army.He enlisted in Co I,10th Infantry Regiment on 21 Jun 1861.Wounded in hand at Fair Oaks,VA,then a POW May 18,1864 at Spottsylvania,VA.Transferred to Andersonville Prison where he became sick and died on Oct. 1,1864.

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