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"Private Silas Coster. Born February 8th, 1841 in the Province of Friesland, Holland. Silas and his family immigrated to the United States in the Spring of 1853 and reached Prairie La Crosse on July 5th, 1853.
Enlisted in Company B, 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment on March 30th, 1862. First battle he would take part in would be at Brawner's Farm, VA on August 28th, 1862. Silas would go on to be present at every major engagement the 2nd Wisconsin fought in until after Gettysburg.
On July 1st at Gettysburg, PA he was wounded above the right knee which would require amputation above the wound. He was in Courthouse Hospital in Gettysburg for the remainder of the battle and would later succumb to blood poisoning on July 30th, 1863. He is buried in Gettysburg at the Soldiers National Cemetery in the Wisconsin section. He was 22 years old."
Source: Company B, 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Comp...Infantry-LaCrosse-Light-Guard/195192460506734
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