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PVT William Hiram Chewning

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PVT William Hiram Chewning

Birth
Wilderness Corner, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Death
1908 (aged 83–84)
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Somewhere in Spotsylvania County. Add to Map
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Company F, 24th Virginia Cavalry, Gary's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Enlisted on 4/1/1862 in Essex County, VA. for 6 months' service, he was mustered into Company E, 40th Virginia Infantry, as a Private; due $50 Enlistment Bounty.
Reported 4/25/1862 to Company K, 40th Virginia Infantry; declared deserter by Company E.
Absent, sick, 10/25/1862, General Hospital #10, Richmond; transferred 10/27/1862 to General Hospital #6, Richmond; 10/30/1862 given 20-day Medical Furlough per C.S.A. Medical Director's Office, Richmond.
Enlisted on 5/13/1863 at Hanover Junction, Hanover County, VA., for 3 years' service, he was mustered into Company F, 40th Battalion Cavalry, as a Private. Thus, he was reunited with some of his kinsmen. (This battalion subsequently grew to be the 24th Virginia Regiment Cavalry.)
Present on all Rolls from enlistment until Absent, Sick in Chimborazo Hospital #3, Richmond, on May 1 to Aug 31, and Sept & Oct 1864 Rolls; admitted there 9/27/1864 with Intermittent Fever; listed as hospital steward there on Oct 24, 1864, when his Commanding Officer, Captain L.W. Allen, requested his return to the company; returned to duty 11/19/1864.
No further record.

The 42nd Virginia Cavalry Battalion was organized in September, 1863, by consolidating the 32nd and 40th Battalions Virginia Cavalry. The unit contained eight companies and served in the Department of Richmond. During May, 1864, it contained 216 effectives and in June merged into the 24th Regiment Virginia Cavalry.
The 24th Virginia Cavalry Regiment was organized in June, 1864, by consolidating eight companies of the 42nd Virginia Cavalry and two companies of Dearing's Confederate Cavalry. This unit served in General Gary's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, and fought in various conflicts around Richmond. Later it was involved in the Appomattox Campaign and surrendered with 19 officers and 144 men.
Company F, 24th Virginia Cavalry, Gary's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Enlisted on 4/1/1862 in Essex County, VA. for 6 months' service, he was mustered into Company E, 40th Virginia Infantry, as a Private; due $50 Enlistment Bounty.
Reported 4/25/1862 to Company K, 40th Virginia Infantry; declared deserter by Company E.
Absent, sick, 10/25/1862, General Hospital #10, Richmond; transferred 10/27/1862 to General Hospital #6, Richmond; 10/30/1862 given 20-day Medical Furlough per C.S.A. Medical Director's Office, Richmond.
Enlisted on 5/13/1863 at Hanover Junction, Hanover County, VA., for 3 years' service, he was mustered into Company F, 40th Battalion Cavalry, as a Private. Thus, he was reunited with some of his kinsmen. (This battalion subsequently grew to be the 24th Virginia Regiment Cavalry.)
Present on all Rolls from enlistment until Absent, Sick in Chimborazo Hospital #3, Richmond, on May 1 to Aug 31, and Sept & Oct 1864 Rolls; admitted there 9/27/1864 with Intermittent Fever; listed as hospital steward there on Oct 24, 1864, when his Commanding Officer, Captain L.W. Allen, requested his return to the company; returned to duty 11/19/1864.
No further record.

The 42nd Virginia Cavalry Battalion was organized in September, 1863, by consolidating the 32nd and 40th Battalions Virginia Cavalry. The unit contained eight companies and served in the Department of Richmond. During May, 1864, it contained 216 effectives and in June merged into the 24th Regiment Virginia Cavalry.
The 24th Virginia Cavalry Regiment was organized in June, 1864, by consolidating eight companies of the 42nd Virginia Cavalry and two companies of Dearing's Confederate Cavalry. This unit served in General Gary's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, and fought in various conflicts around Richmond. Later it was involved in the Appomattox Campaign and surrendered with 19 officers and 144 men.


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