Amherst Light Arty.;Co.C,43rd Va.Cav.Battn.(Mosby's command)
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His mother's name was Eunice Hawes (Dicey) Digges (1814-1905)
Race: White
Age at Death: 74
Death Date: 12 Jul 1915
Death Place: Amherst, Va
Registration Date: 30 Jul 1915
Father: Albert Gallatin Chewning
Mother: Eunice Hawse Dipp
(Virginia Death Certificate)∼Walter Scott Chewning
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 8/15/1862 at Richmond, VA as a Drillmaster.
On 8/15/1862 he mustered into VA Amherst Light Artillery
He was discharged on 2/15/1863
(Provided a Substitute.)
He was listed as: Paroled 5/17/1865 Charlottesville, VA
He also had service in:
VA 43rd Battn (Subsequently served under Col John Mosby.)
born 7/11/1841 in New Glasgow, Amherst Co., VA
died 7/13/1915
Attended VMI prewar.
Postwar farmer.
At VMI 1 year. Military Record- Left on guard at VMI, April 1861. Unofficial source says then Drill Master, 42nd Va. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, at Richmond, Va., for 1 year as Private, Capt T. J. Kirkpatrick's Co. Va. Light Artillery (Amherst, Artillery). Applied for commission on Nov. 29, 1862. Discharged Feb. 1863, having furnished substitute. Enlisted Feb. 1, 1864, in Fauquier Co., Va, as Private, Co. C, Col J. S. Mosby's Regiment Va. Cavalry (43rd Battalion Va. Cavalry). Signed oath May 17, 1864, at Charlottesville, Va.
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?C&352930
http://www.vmi.edu/archives/archiverosters/Details.asp?ID=1574&rform=search
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His mother's name was Eunice Hawes (Dicey) Digges (1814-1905)
Race: White
Age at Death: 74
Death Date: 12 Jul 1915
Death Place: Amherst, Va
Registration Date: 30 Jul 1915
Father: Albert Gallatin Chewning
Mother: Eunice Hawse Dipp
(Virginia Death Certificate)∼Walter Scott Chewning
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 8/15/1862 at Richmond, VA as a Drillmaster.
On 8/15/1862 he mustered into VA Amherst Light Artillery
He was discharged on 2/15/1863
(Provided a Substitute.)
He was listed as: Paroled 5/17/1865 Charlottesville, VA
He also had service in:
VA 43rd Battn (Subsequently served under Col John Mosby.)
born 7/11/1841 in New Glasgow, Amherst Co., VA
died 7/13/1915
Attended VMI prewar.
Postwar farmer.
At VMI 1 year. Military Record- Left on guard at VMI, April 1861. Unofficial source says then Drill Master, 42nd Va. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, at Richmond, Va., for 1 year as Private, Capt T. J. Kirkpatrick's Co. Va. Light Artillery (Amherst, Artillery). Applied for commission on Nov. 29, 1862. Discharged Feb. 1863, having furnished substitute. Enlisted Feb. 1, 1864, in Fauquier Co., Va, as Private, Co. C, Col J. S. Mosby's Regiment Va. Cavalry (43rd Battalion Va. Cavalry). Signed oath May 17, 1864, at Charlottesville, Va.
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?C&352930
http://www.vmi.edu/archives/archiverosters/Details.asp?ID=1574&rform=search
Amherst Light Arty.;Co.C,43rd Va.Cav.Battn.(Mosby's command)
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His mother's name was Eunice Hawes (Dicey) Digges (1814-1905)
Race: White
Age at Death: 74
Death Date: 12 Jul 1915
Death Place: Amherst, Va
Registration Date: 30 Jul 1915
Father: Albert Gallatin Chewning
Mother: Eunice Hawse Dipp
(Virginia Death Certificate)∼Walter Scott Chewning
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 8/15/1862 at Richmond, VA as a Drillmaster.
On 8/15/1862 he mustered into VA Amherst Light Artillery
He was discharged on 2/15/1863
(Provided a Substitute.)
He was listed as: Paroled 5/17/1865 Charlottesville, VA
He also had service in:
VA 43rd Battn (Subsequently served under Col John Mosby.)
born 7/11/1841 in New Glasgow, Amherst Co., VA
died 7/13/1915
Attended VMI prewar.
Postwar farmer.
At VMI 1 year. Military Record- Left on guard at VMI, April 1861. Unofficial source says then Drill Master, 42nd Va. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, at Richmond, Va., for 1 year as Private, Capt T. J. Kirkpatrick's Co. Va. Light Artillery (Amherst, Artillery). Applied for commission on Nov. 29, 1862. Discharged Feb. 1863, having furnished substitute. Enlisted Feb. 1, 1864, in Fauquier Co., Va, as Private, Co. C, Col J. S. Mosby's Regiment Va. Cavalry (43rd Battalion Va. Cavalry). Signed oath May 17, 1864, at Charlottesville, Va.
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?C&352930
http://www.vmi.edu/archives/archiverosters/Details.asp?ID=1574&rform=search
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His mother's name was Eunice Hawes (Dicey) Digges (1814-1905)
Race: White
Age at Death: 74
Death Date: 12 Jul 1915
Death Place: Amherst, Va
Registration Date: 30 Jul 1915
Father: Albert Gallatin Chewning
Mother: Eunice Hawse Dipp
(Virginia Death Certificate)∼Walter Scott Chewning
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 8/15/1862 at Richmond, VA as a Drillmaster.
On 8/15/1862 he mustered into VA Amherst Light Artillery
He was discharged on 2/15/1863
(Provided a Substitute.)
He was listed as: Paroled 5/17/1865 Charlottesville, VA
He also had service in:
VA 43rd Battn (Subsequently served under Col John Mosby.)
born 7/11/1841 in New Glasgow, Amherst Co., VA
died 7/13/1915
Attended VMI prewar.
Postwar farmer.
At VMI 1 year. Military Record- Left on guard at VMI, April 1861. Unofficial source says then Drill Master, 42nd Va. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, at Richmond, Va., for 1 year as Private, Capt T. J. Kirkpatrick's Co. Va. Light Artillery (Amherst, Artillery). Applied for commission on Nov. 29, 1862. Discharged Feb. 1863, having furnished substitute. Enlisted Feb. 1, 1864, in Fauquier Co., Va, as Private, Co. C, Col J. S. Mosby's Regiment Va. Cavalry (43rd Battalion Va. Cavalry). Signed oath May 17, 1864, at Charlottesville, Va.
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?C&352930
http://www.vmi.edu/archives/archiverosters/Details.asp?ID=1574&rform=search
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