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Pvt John W. Chaney

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Pvt John W. Chaney Veteran

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
29 Jul 1864 (aged 25–26)
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Grave # 1353
Memorial ID
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John W. Chaney was born in 1838, the son of Thomas G. Chaney and Sophia Campbell. He married Dorcas Moore on March 10, 1859.

In 1862, John enlisted as Private in the Virginia Cavalry Regiment and joined the Confederate Army in the Civil War. He was later captured by the Union Army in May of 1864 in Pike County, Kentucky and taken by train to the Rock Island Confederate Prison in Rock Island, Illinois, where he passed away of acute dysentery on July 29, 1864.

CHANEY, JNO. W. PVT
A 22 VA CAV
7/29/64
John W. Chaney was born in 1838, the son of Thomas G. Chaney and Sophia Campbell. He married Dorcas Moore on March 10, 1859.

In 1862, John enlisted as Private in the Virginia Cavalry Regiment and joined the Confederate Army in the Civil War. He was later captured by the Union Army in May of 1864 in Pike County, Kentucky and taken by train to the Rock Island Confederate Prison in Rock Island, Illinois, where he passed away of acute dysentery on July 29, 1864.

CHANEY, JNO. W. PVT
A 22 VA CAV
7/29/64


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  • Maintained by: In Remembrance
  • Originally Created by: Bev
  • Added: Jul 20, 2004
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9130515/john_w-chaney: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt John W. Chaney (1838–29 Jul 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9130515, citing Rock Island Confederate Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by In Remembrance (contributor 48917025).