Francois BERTRAND

U.S./C.S.

Augustus Van Desype

Biography

Michigan

U.S. Army

Sources

Enlisted

21 August 1861, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Discharged

August 21, 1864 Atlanta, Georgia

Height

 

Complexion

 

Hairs

 

Eyes

 

Born

born about 1835

Parrents

Felix Van de Sijpe and Julianna Mortier, from Belgium 

Married

no 

Death

1864 ?

Children

 

Occupation

painter 

Biography :

VanDanSypen Augustus,
single,enlisted 21 August 1861, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lt. Allen, three years, born Belgium, painter, blue eyes, brown hair, light complextion, 5 ft 4 1/2 in. 16th Inf. Co. B. Discharged August 21, 1864 Atlanta, Ga. (Augustus never made it home & family stories that he died Civil War. He was listed as discharged in the middle of battle during the burning of Atlanta, Ga. Unknown what happened to him.)

See Michigan soldiers for the others members of the family

Sources :
Courtesy :  Vicki Van Sipe Snyder