ROLL OF HONOR
The following Florida Veteran is being honored in this project:
PRIVATE J.E. DRIGGERS
Age at enlistment: 16
Born: Abt. 1845 in Georgia
Parents: IN and Mary
Died: unknown
Married: unknown
Final Resting Place: unknown
A James (age 15) appears on 1860 Hillsborough Co. (Tampa), Florida census in household of IA and Mary with older brother, Jacob.
Enlisted
5/15/1862 in Hillsborough Co. He was
appointed 3rd Corporal 6/10/1862 but
deserted
9/4/1862 at Chattanooga.
*He may have served in Company K, 8th
Florida Infantry prior to this.
A James also appears on the 1870 US Hillsborough Co., FL (Tampa) census as farm laborer, age 23, born in Georgia.
No record of a Florida Confederate Veteran's Pension.