. Personal and historical sketches and facial history of and by members of the Seventh regiment Michigan volunteer cavalry, 1862-1865 . ugh determined to reach me or die in theattempt, and would not heed the advice of comrades to turnback, but was reluctantly forced to do so when he ran into asquad of the enemy and drew their fire. I never saw the braveboy again alive. I was terribly shocked when in prison atCharleston, S. C, to read in the New York Times the accountof his death in the Battle of Front Royal, Va., the followingAugust, from which place I tenderly removed his sacred re-mains to t
. Personal and historical sketches and facial history of and by members of the Seventh regiment Michigan volunteer cavalry, 1862-1865 . ugh determined to reach me or die in theattempt, and would not heed the advice of comrades to turnback, but was reluctantly forced to do so when he ran into asquad of the enemy and drew their fire. I never saw the braveboy again alive. I was terribly shocked when in prison atCharleston, S. C, to read in the New York Times the accountof his death in the Battle of Front Royal, Va., the followingAugust, from which place I tenderly removed his sacred re-mains to the village church-yard of his native town. Allhonor to all the brave boys who so stoutly contended inbattle with a largely superior force of the very flower ofSouthern Cavalry, commanded by one of the most famousleaders of modern times on that black and stormy night insnow and rain. Our pickets should be mentioned as watchers who didfaithful service and guarded their posts well. I spent thatnight with a poor sufferer from the Southland, who told mehe was shot through the lower bowels by one of our pickets intheir first attack. 33. 1865. 1895. Colonel Geo. G. Briggs, Grand Rapids. Mich. Born at Livonia, Wayne County, Mich., January 24th,1838; enlisted at Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich., Octo-ber 15th, L862, as First Lieutenant in Co. A, 7th MichiganCavalry; was promoted to First Lieutenant and Adjutant,July 1st, 1863; to Captain, March 22d, 1864; to Major, MayL9th, 1864; to Lieutenant Colonel, October 12th, 1864, andto Colonel, May 26th, 1865. Was taken prisoner at Buck-land Mills October 19th, 1863; escaped from the enemy justbefore daylight on the morning of the 20th, joining the Union\rcv> at Harpers Perry; was live days within the enemyslines; was wounded in left leg at Five Forks, Va., April 1st,L865; was mustered out at Salt Lake City, Utah, December4tii, L865, and honorably discharged. 34 BATTLE OF BRANDY STATION. By Col. George G. Briggs. Address at the annual reu
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