Father: Samuel Joseph Claghorn
Mother: Philura Paine Spalding
- Attended Yale University, but did not graduate
04/27/1846 - Married Sarah Campbell Hunter, Savannah, GA (she died in 1886)
1856 - Elected Capt., Chatham [GA] Artillery
01/02/1861 - Ordered by Gov. Joseph Brown to Fort Pulaski [Savannah, GA] and was to be responsible for "all matters relating to ordnance and ordnance stores and their supply"
01/03/1861 - Served as Capt., Chatham Artillery, Fort Pulaski, GA
12/12/1862 - Resigned as Capt., Chatham Artillery
- Appointed Lt. Col. and Ordnance Officer, staff of Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, Commanding, Georgia Militia and Georgia State Forces
04/08/1878 - Died in Wymberly, his home in Savannah, GA (cause: ulceration of the stomach)
Significant input for this sketch is from:
"A Biography of Joseph Samuel Claghorn", by Margaret Taylor, Armstrong State College, Savannah, GA, May, 1994.
Mother: Philura Paine Spalding
- Attended Yale University, but did not graduate
04/27/1846 - Married Sarah Campbell Hunter, Savannah, GA (she died in 1886)
1856 - Elected Capt., Chatham [GA] Artillery
01/02/1861 - Ordered by Gov. Joseph Brown to Fort Pulaski [Savannah, GA] and was to be responsible for "all matters relating to ordnance and ordnance stores and their supply"
01/03/1861 - Served as Capt., Chatham Artillery, Fort Pulaski, GA
12/12/1862 - Resigned as Capt., Chatham Artillery
- Appointed Lt. Col. and Ordnance Officer, staff of Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, Commanding, Georgia Militia and Georgia State Forces
04/08/1878 - Died in Wymberly, his home in Savannah, GA (cause: ulceration of the stomach)
Significant input for this sketch is from:
"A Biography of Joseph Samuel Claghorn", by Margaret Taylor, Armstrong State College, Savannah, GA, May, 1994.
Father: Samuel Joseph Claghorn
Mother: Philura Paine Spalding
- Attended Yale University, but did not graduate
04/27/1846 - Married Sarah Campbell Hunter, Savannah, GA (she died in 1886)
1856 - Elected Capt., Chatham [GA] Artillery
01/02/1861 - Ordered by Gov. Joseph Brown to Fort Pulaski [Savannah, GA] and was to be responsible for "all matters relating to ordnance and ordnance stores and their supply"
01/03/1861 - Served as Capt., Chatham Artillery, Fort Pulaski, GA
12/12/1862 - Resigned as Capt., Chatham Artillery
- Appointed Lt. Col. and Ordnance Officer, staff of Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, Commanding, Georgia Militia and Georgia State Forces
04/08/1878 - Died in Wymberly, his home in Savannah, GA (cause: ulceration of the stomach)
Significant input for this sketch is from:
"A Biography of Joseph Samuel Claghorn", by Margaret Taylor, Armstrong State College, Savannah, GA, May, 1994.
Mother: Philura Paine Spalding
- Attended Yale University, but did not graduate
04/27/1846 - Married Sarah Campbell Hunter, Savannah, GA (she died in 1886)
1856 - Elected Capt., Chatham [GA] Artillery
01/02/1861 - Ordered by Gov. Joseph Brown to Fort Pulaski [Savannah, GA] and was to be responsible for "all matters relating to ordnance and ordnance stores and their supply"
01/03/1861 - Served as Capt., Chatham Artillery, Fort Pulaski, GA
12/12/1862 - Resigned as Capt., Chatham Artillery
- Appointed Lt. Col. and Ordnance Officer, staff of Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, Commanding, Georgia Militia and Georgia State Forces
04/08/1878 - Died in Wymberly, his home in Savannah, GA (cause: ulceration of the stomach)
Significant input for this sketch is from:
"A Biography of Joseph Samuel Claghorn", by Margaret Taylor, Armstrong State College, Savannah, GA, May, 1994.
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