Capt. Charles W. Diggs Va> Mo. CSA
Article in the ' Confederate Veteran' magazine,
dated May 1907.
CAPT. CHARLES W. DIGGS
A prominent member was lost to Marmaduke Camp, U.C.V. of Moberly, Mo., in the death of Capt. Charles W. Diggs, who passed peacefully away in Jan., 1907. He was living in St. Louis, Mo., at the breaking out of the war; but upon the secession of Va. he returned to his native town of Warrenton and enlisted in the Warrenton Rifles, 17th Virginia Infantry and was soon sent to the front. This regiment was heavily engaged in the first battle of Manassas and suffered severely. The regiment also confronted McClellan at Seven Pines, where Captain DIGGS was so dangerously wounded that he could never serve in the infantry again. He then joined the Black Horse Cavalry, the 4th Virginia, and soon afterwards was promoted to a captaincy on the staff of Gen. William H. Payne, in which capacity he served with much honor until the surrender.
After the war Captain Diggs returned to Missouri and was married to MISS IDA RUCKER of Huntsville. He was engaged in mercantile life 42 years and was widely known and loved by every one.
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