Father: Edward Chambliss (~ 1802-????)
Mother: Amelia Elizabeth "Milly" Howard ( ~1812 - ????)
10/08/1850 - Lived with parents, Division 60, Monroe Co., GA (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as "Benjamin Chamless")
1858-1860 - Attended, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, GA
1860 - M.D. degree, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Colaparchee, Monroe Co., GA; Preceptors: Dr. G. A. Winn and Dr. D. B. Searcy; Thesis: "On Scarlatina")
04/00/1862 - Enlisted as a Pvt., Co. A, 14th GA Infantry, Fredericksburg, VA
10/27/1863 - Pvt., Co. A, 14th GA Infantry, camp near Beverly Station [?VA]
10/27/1863 - In a letter written to Surgeon General S. P. Moore, Richmond, VA, "I graduated in the Medical College State South Carolina in 1860, have served in the ranks of the army until my health is much impaired, having suffered long with Chronic Diarrhea and am not able to continue in that branch of the service and respectfully ask the humble position of Hospital Steward in some hospital for which I think I am qualified. Accompanying this I send testimonials of character and qualifications. Very Respectfully, B. F. Chambliss, Co. A. 14th Ga. Regt."
[At the bottom of the letter is the following: "We the undersigned certify that Dr. B. F. Chambless (sic - Chambliss) is a young man of moral character and industrious habits and therefore recommend him to the position for which he has applied.
John R. Merritt, 1st Lieut., Comdg. Co. "A", 14th Ga. Regt.
Hiram Perdue, 2nd Lt., Co. A, 14th Ga
Baldwin Davis, 3rd Lt. Co. A"]
[Docketing on the back of the letter reads, "SGO, Nov. 2nd, '63, Res. referred to the Secy. of War for appointment to report to the Surg. General for assignment."]
10/27/1863 - In letter written to Surgeon General S. P. Moore by R. W. Folsom, Col., 14th GA Infantry, from a camp near Brandy Station, VA, Sir: I desire respectfully to recommend to your attention for the position of Hospital Steward Dr. B. F. Chambliss, a Private of Co. "A" of this Regt. Dr. Chambliss has now been serving in the ranks as a private for 18 months and has been attentive to his duties in that capacity. His health is now quite feeble and he desires, if possible, to obtain the above appointment in any regional Hospital in which there is a vacancy to be filled with a view both of conducive to his health by avoiding the experience incident to the life of a private soldier and also for the purpose of informing himself more thoroughly in the duties of a physician. He is a graduate of the Medical College of South Carolina located at Charleston & has engaged two years of active practice previous to the present war. He has sustained a good reputation for morality, sobriety etc. since his connection with this command & I am persuaded that he will use the position of Hospital Steward in an exceptional manner. I am Genl, Very respectfully, Your obdt servt, R. W. Folsom, Col. 14th Geo. Rgt." [Note: Col. Folsom was a physician before the war and died, May 24th, 1864 after being mortally wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness.]
11/06/1863 - "Private B. F. Chambliss of Company "A", 14th Regiment Georgia Volunteers is appointed Hospital Steward and will report to the Surgeon General in this city [Richmond, VA] for assignment to duty " [S. O. 264/6]
11/20/1863 - In a note written by Surgeon Kinloch, Acting Medical Director of General Hospitals, Charleston, SC, to Brig. Gen. Thomas Jordan, Chief of Staff, Charleston, SC, "Sir, Hospital Steward B. F. Chambliss, having reported at this Office, pursuant to orders from the Surgeon General, I respectfully suggest that he be assigned to duty at Wayside Hospital at Kingsville, S.C. to report to Surgeon J. A. Pleasants in charge of the same. I have the honor to remain, Sir, Very respectfully, Your Obdt Svt, R Kinloch, Actg. Med. Director Gen. Hospitals
11/21/1863 - Ordered to report to Surgeon James A. Pleasants ]S. O. 245/3 Dept. S.C.,
Ga., & Fla. Gen. Beauregard]
12/20/1863 - In a letter written from Colaparchee, GA, to Gen. S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General, Confederate States Army, "Sir: I received the appointment of Hospital Steward and was assigned to duty at the Wayside Hospital, Kingsville, S. C. I am now home on sick furlough. I am, Very Respectfully, B. F. Chambliss."
03/31/1864 - Hospital Steward, Gen. Hospital No. 11, Charlotte, NC
10/31/1864 - Hospital Steward, Gen. Hospital, Kingsville, SC
04/00/1865 - Paroled by the U. S. Army, Appomattox, VA [Note: In a widow's Confederate pension application filed in Georgia in 1926, Nancy R. Chambliss claimed that Dr. Chambliss was paroled at Appomattox, VA, in April 1865, but that he was not present because of "on sick leave"]
05/14/1868 - Married, Nancy Rebecca Zellner (1849-1931), Forsyth, Monroe Co., GA
08/04/1870 - Practiced medicine, Monroe Co., GA (lived with wife, Nancy; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as "B. F. Chambless")
1874 - Practiced medicine, Russellville, Monroe Co., GA
1874 - Member, Medical Society of Middle Georgia
06/01/1880 - Practiced medicine, District 474, Monroe Co., GA (lived with wife, Nancy R., three sons, and a sister; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as"Benjamin F. Chambless")
1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, Culloden, Monroe Co. GA
1893 - Practiced medicine, Macon, Bibb Co., GA
12/29/1893 - Died, Culloden, Monroe Co., GA (buried: Culloden City Cemetery, Culloden, GA; FindAGrave #40077286) [Note: His widow claimed in 1926 that Dr. Chambliss died on Dec. 28, 1892.]
05/29/1831 - Widow, Nancy, died in Bibb Co., GA (buried: buried: Culloden City Cemetery, Culloden, GA; FindAGrave #40077151)
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/13/2020. Unpublished database.
Mother: Amelia Elizabeth "Milly" Howard ( ~1812 - ????)
10/08/1850 - Lived with parents, Division 60, Monroe Co., GA (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as "Benjamin Chamless")
1858-1860 - Attended, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, GA
1860 - M.D. degree, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Colaparchee, Monroe Co., GA; Preceptors: Dr. G. A. Winn and Dr. D. B. Searcy; Thesis: "On Scarlatina")
04/00/1862 - Enlisted as a Pvt., Co. A, 14th GA Infantry, Fredericksburg, VA
10/27/1863 - Pvt., Co. A, 14th GA Infantry, camp near Beverly Station [?VA]
10/27/1863 - In a letter written to Surgeon General S. P. Moore, Richmond, VA, "I graduated in the Medical College State South Carolina in 1860, have served in the ranks of the army until my health is much impaired, having suffered long with Chronic Diarrhea and am not able to continue in that branch of the service and respectfully ask the humble position of Hospital Steward in some hospital for which I think I am qualified. Accompanying this I send testimonials of character and qualifications. Very Respectfully, B. F. Chambliss, Co. A. 14th Ga. Regt."
[At the bottom of the letter is the following: "We the undersigned certify that Dr. B. F. Chambless (sic - Chambliss) is a young man of moral character and industrious habits and therefore recommend him to the position for which he has applied.
John R. Merritt, 1st Lieut., Comdg. Co. "A", 14th Ga. Regt.
Hiram Perdue, 2nd Lt., Co. A, 14th Ga
Baldwin Davis, 3rd Lt. Co. A"]
[Docketing on the back of the letter reads, "SGO, Nov. 2nd, '63, Res. referred to the Secy. of War for appointment to report to the Surg. General for assignment."]
10/27/1863 - In letter written to Surgeon General S. P. Moore by R. W. Folsom, Col., 14th GA Infantry, from a camp near Brandy Station, VA, Sir: I desire respectfully to recommend to your attention for the position of Hospital Steward Dr. B. F. Chambliss, a Private of Co. "A" of this Regt. Dr. Chambliss has now been serving in the ranks as a private for 18 months and has been attentive to his duties in that capacity. His health is now quite feeble and he desires, if possible, to obtain the above appointment in any regional Hospital in which there is a vacancy to be filled with a view both of conducive to his health by avoiding the experience incident to the life of a private soldier and also for the purpose of informing himself more thoroughly in the duties of a physician. He is a graduate of the Medical College of South Carolina located at Charleston & has engaged two years of active practice previous to the present war. He has sustained a good reputation for morality, sobriety etc. since his connection with this command & I am persuaded that he will use the position of Hospital Steward in an exceptional manner. I am Genl, Very respectfully, Your obdt servt, R. W. Folsom, Col. 14th Geo. Rgt." [Note: Col. Folsom was a physician before the war and died, May 24th, 1864 after being mortally wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness.]
11/06/1863 - "Private B. F. Chambliss of Company "A", 14th Regiment Georgia Volunteers is appointed Hospital Steward and will report to the Surgeon General in this city [Richmond, VA] for assignment to duty " [S. O. 264/6]
11/20/1863 - In a note written by Surgeon Kinloch, Acting Medical Director of General Hospitals, Charleston, SC, to Brig. Gen. Thomas Jordan, Chief of Staff, Charleston, SC, "Sir, Hospital Steward B. F. Chambliss, having reported at this Office, pursuant to orders from the Surgeon General, I respectfully suggest that he be assigned to duty at Wayside Hospital at Kingsville, S.C. to report to Surgeon J. A. Pleasants in charge of the same. I have the honor to remain, Sir, Very respectfully, Your Obdt Svt, R Kinloch, Actg. Med. Director Gen. Hospitals
11/21/1863 - Ordered to report to Surgeon James A. Pleasants ]S. O. 245/3 Dept. S.C.,
Ga., & Fla. Gen. Beauregard]
12/20/1863 - In a letter written from Colaparchee, GA, to Gen. S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General, Confederate States Army, "Sir: I received the appointment of Hospital Steward and was assigned to duty at the Wayside Hospital, Kingsville, S. C. I am now home on sick furlough. I am, Very Respectfully, B. F. Chambliss."
03/31/1864 - Hospital Steward, Gen. Hospital No. 11, Charlotte, NC
10/31/1864 - Hospital Steward, Gen. Hospital, Kingsville, SC
04/00/1865 - Paroled by the U. S. Army, Appomattox, VA [Note: In a widow's Confederate pension application filed in Georgia in 1926, Nancy R. Chambliss claimed that Dr. Chambliss was paroled at Appomattox, VA, in April 1865, but that he was not present because of "on sick leave"]
05/14/1868 - Married, Nancy Rebecca Zellner (1849-1931), Forsyth, Monroe Co., GA
08/04/1870 - Practiced medicine, Monroe Co., GA (lived with wife, Nancy; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as "B. F. Chambless")
1874 - Practiced medicine, Russellville, Monroe Co., GA
1874 - Member, Medical Society of Middle Georgia
06/01/1880 - Practiced medicine, District 474, Monroe Co., GA (lived with wife, Nancy R., three sons, and a sister; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as"Benjamin F. Chambless")
1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, Culloden, Monroe Co. GA
1893 - Practiced medicine, Macon, Bibb Co., GA
12/29/1893 - Died, Culloden, Monroe Co., GA (buried: Culloden City Cemetery, Culloden, GA; FindAGrave #40077286) [Note: His widow claimed in 1926 that Dr. Chambliss died on Dec. 28, 1892.]
05/29/1831 - Widow, Nancy, died in Bibb Co., GA (buried: buried: Culloden City Cemetery, Culloden, GA; FindAGrave #40077151)
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/13/2020. Unpublished database.
Father: Edward Chambliss (~ 1802-????)
Mother: Amelia Elizabeth "Milly" Howard ( ~1812 - ????)
10/08/1850 - Lived with parents, Division 60, Monroe Co., GA (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as "Benjamin Chamless")
1858-1860 - Attended, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, GA
1860 - M.D. degree, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Colaparchee, Monroe Co., GA; Preceptors: Dr. G. A. Winn and Dr. D. B. Searcy; Thesis: "On Scarlatina")
04/00/1862 - Enlisted as a Pvt., Co. A, 14th GA Infantry, Fredericksburg, VA
10/27/1863 - Pvt., Co. A, 14th GA Infantry, camp near Beverly Station [?VA]
10/27/1863 - In a letter written to Surgeon General S. P. Moore, Richmond, VA, "I graduated in the Medical College State South Carolina in 1860, have served in the ranks of the army until my health is much impaired, having suffered long with Chronic Diarrhea and am not able to continue in that branch of the service and respectfully ask the humble position of Hospital Steward in some hospital for which I think I am qualified. Accompanying this I send testimonials of character and qualifications. Very Respectfully, B. F. Chambliss, Co. A. 14th Ga. Regt."
[At the bottom of the letter is the following: "We the undersigned certify that Dr. B. F. Chambless (sic - Chambliss) is a young man of moral character and industrious habits and therefore recommend him to the position for which he has applied.
John R. Merritt, 1st Lieut., Comdg. Co. "A", 14th Ga. Regt.
Hiram Perdue, 2nd Lt., Co. A, 14th Ga
Baldwin Davis, 3rd Lt. Co. A"]
[Docketing on the back of the letter reads, "SGO, Nov. 2nd, '63, Res. referred to the Secy. of War for appointment to report to the Surg. General for assignment."]
10/27/1863 - In letter written to Surgeon General S. P. Moore by R. W. Folsom, Col., 14th GA Infantry, from a camp near Brandy Station, VA, Sir: I desire respectfully to recommend to your attention for the position of Hospital Steward Dr. B. F. Chambliss, a Private of Co. "A" of this Regt. Dr. Chambliss has now been serving in the ranks as a private for 18 months and has been attentive to his duties in that capacity. His health is now quite feeble and he desires, if possible, to obtain the above appointment in any regional Hospital in which there is a vacancy to be filled with a view both of conducive to his health by avoiding the experience incident to the life of a private soldier and also for the purpose of informing himself more thoroughly in the duties of a physician. He is a graduate of the Medical College of South Carolina located at Charleston & has engaged two years of active practice previous to the present war. He has sustained a good reputation for morality, sobriety etc. since his connection with this command & I am persuaded that he will use the position of Hospital Steward in an exceptional manner. I am Genl, Very respectfully, Your obdt servt, R. W. Folsom, Col. 14th Geo. Rgt." [Note: Col. Folsom was a physician before the war and died, May 24th, 1864 after being mortally wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness.]
11/06/1863 - "Private B. F. Chambliss of Company "A", 14th Regiment Georgia Volunteers is appointed Hospital Steward and will report to the Surgeon General in this city [Richmond, VA] for assignment to duty " [S. O. 264/6]
11/20/1863 - In a note written by Surgeon Kinloch, Acting Medical Director of General Hospitals, Charleston, SC, to Brig. Gen. Thomas Jordan, Chief of Staff, Charleston, SC, "Sir, Hospital Steward B. F. Chambliss, having reported at this Office, pursuant to orders from the Surgeon General, I respectfully suggest that he be assigned to duty at Wayside Hospital at Kingsville, S.C. to report to Surgeon J. A. Pleasants in charge of the same. I have the honor to remain, Sir, Very respectfully, Your Obdt Svt, R Kinloch, Actg. Med. Director Gen. Hospitals
11/21/1863 - Ordered to report to Surgeon James A. Pleasants ]S. O. 245/3 Dept. S.C.,
Ga., & Fla. Gen. Beauregard]
12/20/1863 - In a letter written from Colaparchee, GA, to Gen. S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General, Confederate States Army, "Sir: I received the appointment of Hospital Steward and was assigned to duty at the Wayside Hospital, Kingsville, S. C. I am now home on sick furlough. I am, Very Respectfully, B. F. Chambliss."
03/31/1864 - Hospital Steward, Gen. Hospital No. 11, Charlotte, NC
10/31/1864 - Hospital Steward, Gen. Hospital, Kingsville, SC
04/00/1865 - Paroled by the U. S. Army, Appomattox, VA [Note: In a widow's Confederate pension application filed in Georgia in 1926, Nancy R. Chambliss claimed that Dr. Chambliss was paroled at Appomattox, VA, in April 1865, but that he was not present because of "on sick leave"]
05/14/1868 - Married, Nancy Rebecca Zellner (1849-1931), Forsyth, Monroe Co., GA
08/04/1870 - Practiced medicine, Monroe Co., GA (lived with wife, Nancy; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as "B. F. Chambless")
1874 - Practiced medicine, Russellville, Monroe Co., GA
1874 - Member, Medical Society of Middle Georgia
06/01/1880 - Practiced medicine, District 474, Monroe Co., GA (lived with wife, Nancy R., three sons, and a sister; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as"Benjamin F. Chambless")
1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, Culloden, Monroe Co. GA
1893 - Practiced medicine, Macon, Bibb Co., GA
12/29/1893 - Died, Culloden, Monroe Co., GA (buried: Culloden City Cemetery, Culloden, GA; FindAGrave #40077286) [Note: His widow claimed in 1926 that Dr. Chambliss died on Dec. 28, 1892.]
05/29/1831 - Widow, Nancy, died in Bibb Co., GA (buried: buried: Culloden City Cemetery, Culloden, GA; FindAGrave #40077151)
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/13/2020. Unpublished database.
Mother: Amelia Elizabeth "Milly" Howard ( ~1812 - ????)
10/08/1850 - Lived with parents, Division 60, Monroe Co., GA (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as "Benjamin Chamless")
1858-1860 - Attended, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, GA
1860 - M.D. degree, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Colaparchee, Monroe Co., GA; Preceptors: Dr. G. A. Winn and Dr. D. B. Searcy; Thesis: "On Scarlatina")
04/00/1862 - Enlisted as a Pvt., Co. A, 14th GA Infantry, Fredericksburg, VA
10/27/1863 - Pvt., Co. A, 14th GA Infantry, camp near Beverly Station [?VA]
10/27/1863 - In a letter written to Surgeon General S. P. Moore, Richmond, VA, "I graduated in the Medical College State South Carolina in 1860, have served in the ranks of the army until my health is much impaired, having suffered long with Chronic Diarrhea and am not able to continue in that branch of the service and respectfully ask the humble position of Hospital Steward in some hospital for which I think I am qualified. Accompanying this I send testimonials of character and qualifications. Very Respectfully, B. F. Chambliss, Co. A. 14th Ga. Regt."
[At the bottom of the letter is the following: "We the undersigned certify that Dr. B. F. Chambless (sic - Chambliss) is a young man of moral character and industrious habits and therefore recommend him to the position for which he has applied.
John R. Merritt, 1st Lieut., Comdg. Co. "A", 14th Ga. Regt.
Hiram Perdue, 2nd Lt., Co. A, 14th Ga
Baldwin Davis, 3rd Lt. Co. A"]
[Docketing on the back of the letter reads, "SGO, Nov. 2nd, '63, Res. referred to the Secy. of War for appointment to report to the Surg. General for assignment."]
10/27/1863 - In letter written to Surgeon General S. P. Moore by R. W. Folsom, Col., 14th GA Infantry, from a camp near Brandy Station, VA, Sir: I desire respectfully to recommend to your attention for the position of Hospital Steward Dr. B. F. Chambliss, a Private of Co. "A" of this Regt. Dr. Chambliss has now been serving in the ranks as a private for 18 months and has been attentive to his duties in that capacity. His health is now quite feeble and he desires, if possible, to obtain the above appointment in any regional Hospital in which there is a vacancy to be filled with a view both of conducive to his health by avoiding the experience incident to the life of a private soldier and also for the purpose of informing himself more thoroughly in the duties of a physician. He is a graduate of the Medical College of South Carolina located at Charleston & has engaged two years of active practice previous to the present war. He has sustained a good reputation for morality, sobriety etc. since his connection with this command & I am persuaded that he will use the position of Hospital Steward in an exceptional manner. I am Genl, Very respectfully, Your obdt servt, R. W. Folsom, Col. 14th Geo. Rgt." [Note: Col. Folsom was a physician before the war and died, May 24th, 1864 after being mortally wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness.]
11/06/1863 - "Private B. F. Chambliss of Company "A", 14th Regiment Georgia Volunteers is appointed Hospital Steward and will report to the Surgeon General in this city [Richmond, VA] for assignment to duty " [S. O. 264/6]
11/20/1863 - In a note written by Surgeon Kinloch, Acting Medical Director of General Hospitals, Charleston, SC, to Brig. Gen. Thomas Jordan, Chief of Staff, Charleston, SC, "Sir, Hospital Steward B. F. Chambliss, having reported at this Office, pursuant to orders from the Surgeon General, I respectfully suggest that he be assigned to duty at Wayside Hospital at Kingsville, S.C. to report to Surgeon J. A. Pleasants in charge of the same. I have the honor to remain, Sir, Very respectfully, Your Obdt Svt, R Kinloch, Actg. Med. Director Gen. Hospitals
11/21/1863 - Ordered to report to Surgeon James A. Pleasants ]S. O. 245/3 Dept. S.C.,
Ga., & Fla. Gen. Beauregard]
12/20/1863 - In a letter written from Colaparchee, GA, to Gen. S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General, Confederate States Army, "Sir: I received the appointment of Hospital Steward and was assigned to duty at the Wayside Hospital, Kingsville, S. C. I am now home on sick furlough. I am, Very Respectfully, B. F. Chambliss."
03/31/1864 - Hospital Steward, Gen. Hospital No. 11, Charlotte, NC
10/31/1864 - Hospital Steward, Gen. Hospital, Kingsville, SC
04/00/1865 - Paroled by the U. S. Army, Appomattox, VA [Note: In a widow's Confederate pension application filed in Georgia in 1926, Nancy R. Chambliss claimed that Dr. Chambliss was paroled at Appomattox, VA, in April 1865, but that he was not present because of "on sick leave"]
05/14/1868 - Married, Nancy Rebecca Zellner (1849-1931), Forsyth, Monroe Co., GA
08/04/1870 - Practiced medicine, Monroe Co., GA (lived with wife, Nancy; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as "B. F. Chambless")
1874 - Practiced medicine, Russellville, Monroe Co., GA
1874 - Member, Medical Society of Middle Georgia
06/01/1880 - Practiced medicine, District 474, Monroe Co., GA (lived with wife, Nancy R., three sons, and a sister; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as"Benjamin F. Chambless")
1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, Culloden, Monroe Co. GA
1893 - Practiced medicine, Macon, Bibb Co., GA
12/29/1893 - Died, Culloden, Monroe Co., GA (buried: Culloden City Cemetery, Culloden, GA; FindAGrave #40077286) [Note: His widow claimed in 1926 that Dr. Chambliss died on Dec. 28, 1892.]
05/29/1831 - Widow, Nancy, died in Bibb Co., GA (buried: buried: Culloden City Cemetery, Culloden, GA; FindAGrave #40077151)
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/13/2020. Unpublished database.
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