In a piece published in The West Jersey Pioneer on June 2nd of 1862 and the wounding and death of Heislerville resident, Charles J. Silver. Silver would be among among one of the first to be wounded in his company during the fighting at Williamsburg on May 5th, 1862. The author, marked only as "A" would give description of Silvers experience of being robbed and beaten by a roving band of angry Confederates during the night.

Silver would make it back to New Jersey where he would succumb to his wounds on May 28th of 1862. It is unknown where his body was buried.