Friday, March 22, 2013

Civil War Veteran: Robert Bigger

Robert Bigger
Born:  May 1845 in Illinois
Died:  September 3, 1929
PVT CO D 106 ILL INF

Enlisted as a PVT in CO D 106 ILL INF on December 19, 1863 at Logan, Illinois.  Mustered out on January 12, 1865 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
He was somewhat disabled in later years.  In 1910 he was a resident of the Soldiers and Sailors Home in Riverside Township, Adams County, Illinois.  In 1918 he was a resident of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Sawtelle, Los Angeles County, California.  By 1920 he was living in Escondido, San Diego County, California where he spent his remaining years.

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