Diggs, Miles

Rank: Private

Unit: A Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: December 13, 1836 in Richmond, Virginia. He was 22.

Date of birth: 1814

Hometown: Princess Ann, Virginia

Occupation prior to enlistment: Blacksmith

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: October 1837

Cause of death: Disease unknown

Location of fatality: Newnansville, Florida

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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida