MS, Newton Co CIVIL WAR (CSA) MILITARY RECORD Charles CHANEY ************************************************************************************************ Submitted by SHEILA PARKER CONQUE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm ************************************************************************************************ My great-great grandfather, Charles CHANEY (1830-1910), living in Newton Co, MS, at the beginning of the War Between the States, enlisted in Decatur, MS on April 30, 1862 in a Newton Co unit known as “Newton’s Hornets,”. His unit fought at the battle of Port Hudson, LA, (1863) where those who survived were taken prisoners-of-war and sent first to New Orleans, then to POW camps in various northern states. He was paroled at Ft. Delaware, DE, at the end of the conflict. (See separate LA Confederate Pension Application record.) He moved with his wife (Margaret LAIRD) and four children (Mary Margaret, Henry Isaac, Lawrence Keith and William Macon to what was then Calcasieu Parish, LA, in 1870 in time for the Federal Census. When he filed the following application for a Confederate pension in 1899, he was living in the community of Quadrate, LA, in Rapides Parish. **************************************************************************************************** (THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS A TRANSCRIPTION OF CHARLES CHANEY’S MILITARY RECORDS, COPIES OF WHICH ARE HELD AT THE LOUISIANA STATE ARCHIVES Baton Rouge, LA. Order info online at: http://www.sec.state.la.us/archives/gen/cpa-INDEX.htm OR from Louisiana State Archives, 3851 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809-2137) “Chaney, Charles Co. D, 39th Mississippi Inf (Confederate) Private Lieutenant CARD NUMBERS 1. 4784 4080 2. 4156 3. 4744 4. 4316 5. 439(7?) 6. 4686 3705 7. 854826 8. 261699 9. 256433 10. 47263743 11. 4634553 12. 36946(8?) 13. 51876767 ……………………………. Number of medical cards herein 0 Number of personal papers herein 0 Bookmark (blank) See also (blank)” ……………………………………….. (Card 1) “(Confederate) C 1 39 Miss. Charles Chaney Pvt., Co. D, 29 Reg’t Mississippi Volunteers Appears on Company Muster Roll of the organization named above for June 30 to Aug 31, 1862 Enlisted: When: April 30 Where: Decatur, Miss By whom: J. C. McElroy Period: 3 years Last paid: By whom: Capt. B. Mickle To what time: June 30, 186___ Present or absent: Present (Signed) W. A. Brinkman” ……………………………. (Card 2) “(Confederate) C 1 39 Miss. Charles Chaney 3rd Lt., Co. D, 29 Reg’t Mississippi Volunteers Appears onCompany Muster Roll of the organization named above for March and April 1863 Enlisted: When: April 30, 1862 Where: Decatur, Miss By whom: J. C. McElroy Period: 3 years Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: (not stated) Remarks: Recapitulation shows 2nd Bat Lieut present for duty (Signed) W. A. Brinkman” ………………………………….. (Card 3) “(Confederate) C 1 39 Miss. Charles Chaney 1st Lt., Co. D, 29 Reg’t Mississippi Volunteers Appears on Company Muster Roll of the organization named above for Nov and Dec 1863 Enlisted: When: April 30, 1862 Where: Decatur, Miss By whom: J. C. McElroy Period: 3 years Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: Absent Remarks: Captured at Port Hudson, La not yet released (Signed) W. A. Brinkman” ………………………… (Card 4) “(Confederate) C 1 39 Miss. Charles Chaney 1st Lt., Co. D, 29 Reg’t Mississippi Volunteers Appears on Company Muster Roll of the organization named above for Jan and Feb 1864 Enlisted: When: April 30, 1862 Where: Decatur, Miss By whom: J. C. McElroy Period: 3 years Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: Absent Remarks: Captured at Port Hudson, La not yet released (Signed) W. A. Brinkman” …………………………….. (Card 5) “(Confederate) C 1 39 Miss. Charles Chaney 1st Lt., Co. D, 29 Reg’t Mississippi Volunteers Appears on Company Muster Roll of the organization named above for Nov and Dec 1863 Enlisted: When: April 25, 1862 Where: Decatur, Miss By whom: J. C. McElroy Period: 3 years Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: Absent Remarks: Prisoner of War captured at Port Hudson, La July 9/64 (Signed) W. A. Brinkman” …………………… (Card 6) “(Confederate) C 39 Miss E Chaney Jr. 2nd Lt. 39 Regt Miss Appears on a List Confederate Officers sent from Port Hudson to New Orleans on the 14th day of July, 1863, per Steamer “Suffolk” List not dated Where captured: Port Hudson When captured: July 9, 1863 Remarks: (none) (Signed) J. W. Welbluison” …………………………………………. (Card 7) “(Confederate) C 39 Miss C Chaney Lieut. 39 Regt Miss Appears on a List of Confederate Officers, prisoners of war, going North on Steamer Clinton, Sunday, September 20, 1863 List dated Department of the Gulf, Office of Provost Sheriff, New Orleans, La., September 18, 1863 Where confined: Custom House Remarks: (illegible) shows “List of 50 C. S. officers sent to N. York pr. Str. Clinton 20th Sept 1863 (Signed) L. E. Fehl” ………………………………… (Card 8) “(Confederate) C 39 Miss C Chaney Jr. 2nd Lieut. 39 Regt Miss Appears on a register of Prisoners of War at New Orleans, La. When arrested _____________________, 186_ By whose order: General Banks Where confined: Custom House Charges: Prisoner of War When committed: July 15, 186_ Place of sentence: _______________________ Transferred: When: Sept. 20, 186_ Where: New York When released: _________________186_ By whose order: _____________________ Remarks: Sent to New York by order Gen Banks (Signed) J. B. Dowd” ……………………………… (Card 9) “(Confederate) C 39 Miss C Chaney Jr. 2nd Lieut. 39 Regt Miss Appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War at Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, received from New Orleans, LA., Sept 29, 1863, and sent to Johnson’s Island, Ohio, Sept 29, 1863. Roll dated: (not dated) Where captured: _______ When captured: ________ Remarks: _____________ (Signed) J. Jacobson” …………………………………. (Card 10) “(Confederate) C 39 Miss C Chancey 2nd Lieut. 39 Regt Miss Appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War at Depot Prisoners of War, near Sandusky, Ohio Where captured: Port Hudson, Miss When captured: July 9, 1863 Joined: Sept. 20, 1863 Where from: Memphis, Tenn Remarks: Transferred to Point Lookout Mch 21, 1865 Johnson’s Island, Ohio, Register No. 2; page 13 (Signed) E. L. Thomson” ……………………………….. (Card 11) “(Confederate) C 39 Miss Charles Chauncey 2nd Lieut. 39 Regt Miss Appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War at Johnson’s Island, Ohio, and forwarded to Point Lookout, Md., for exchange, Mch 21, 1865 Roll dated Hdqrs. U. S. Forces, Johnson’s Island, O., Mch 21, 1865 Where captured: Port Hudson When captured: July 9, 1863 Remarks: (none) (Signed) M. Borbeck” …………………………………….. (Card 12) “(Confederate) C 39 Miss Charles Chancey 2nd Lieut. 39 Regt Miss Appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War received at Fort Delaware, Del, from Point Lookout, Md. Roll : undated Where captured: Port Hudson When captured: July 9, 1863 Remarks: (none) (Signed) J. W. Wilkinson” ………………………………….. (Card 13) “(Confederate) C 39 Miss Chas Chaney 2nd Lieut. 39 Regt Miss Appears as signature to an Oath of Allegiance to the United States, subscribed to at Fort Delaware, Del. Place of residence: Newton Co. Miss. Complexion: light; hair: light Eyes: gray; height 5 ft, 0 in. Remark: Released June 12, 1865 (Signed) (A. Krause?) ……………………………………….. (Card 14) “(Confederate) C 39 Miss Chas Chaney 2nd Lieut. 39 Regt Miss Appears on a Register containing Rosters of Commissioned Officers, Provisional Army Confederate States Date of appointment: Nov 21, 1862 Date of resignation, death, transfer or promotion: ________________ Remarks: Confed. Arch. Chapter 1, File No. 82, page 338 (Signed) C. C. Taylor” ……………………………….. (Card 15) “(Confederate) C 39 Miss C Chaney Lieut. 39 Regt Miss Appears on an Inspection Report of Sears’ Brigade, French’s Division, Stewart’s Corps, Army of Tenn, commanded by Brig. Gen. G. W. Sears, Report dated: in front of Atlanta, Ga, Aug 20, 1864 Date of muster of organization into service: _________ Absent commissioned officers accounted for: By what authority: Prisoner of War Date: July 9, 1863 Remarks: Inspection Report H, No. 15; inclosure 9. (Signed) W. A. Ruess” …………………………………….. (Card 16) “(Confederate) C 39 Miss C Chaney Lieut. 39 Regt Miss Appears on a List of absent officers accounted for in French’s Division, Stewart’s Corps List not dated Brigade: Sears By what authority: Prisoner of War Date: July 9, 1863 Remarks: Inspection report dated Aug 20, 1864 Inspection Report H, No. 15; inclosure 14 (Signed) J. Funk” ……………………. (End of CSA military record of Charles Chaney)