Alvah W. Burgess
entered service from Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, as a Private in Company D of the Fifth Wisconsin Infantry. He served from August 13, 1862 to June 20, 1865 despite wounds and illnesses suffered in various engagements. At Rapphannock Station on Sept. 7,’62 he received a gunshot wound to his right side.
On May 10,’63 at Spottsylvania Court House, he was wounded on the top of his head. Two days later, he was hit on the left arm, just above the elbow, producing paralysis. A little over a month later, on June 22, before Petersburg, he was wounded on the shin of his right leg impeding his walking and the same day, a gunshot wound destroyed his left testicle and a musket blow to his left shoulder lamed his arm.
entered service from Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, as a Private in Company D of the Fifth Wisconsin Infantry. He served from August 13, 1862 to June 20, 1865 despite wounds and illnesses suffered in various engagements. At Rapphannock Station on Sept. 7,’62 he received a gunshot wound to his right side.
On May 10,’63 at Spottsylvania Court House, he was wounded on the top of his head. Two days later, he was hit on the left arm, just above the elbow, producing paralysis. A little over a month later, on June 22, before Petersburg, he was wounded on the shin of his right leg impeding his walking and the same day, a gunshot wound destroyed his left testicle and a musket blow to his left shoulder lamed his arm.
He is buried in the Old City Cemetery in
Beaver Dam.
Rededication of Burgess Grave by
Second Wisconsin – 1994