Charles R. (Russell) Perkins was born in 1830 at Erie, Pennsylvania, and died on May 28, 1864 at Washington City, District of Columbia.
He was wounded at the battle of Spottsylvania Court House on May 18th-20th,1864 and was taken to Judiciary Square Hospital in Washington,D.C. where he died on or about May 28th-29th,1864. He was then buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Section 27, Grave 6.
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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