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Submitted: 2/20/22 • Approved: 2/20/22 • Last Updated: 3/2/22 • R348689-G0-S3
SERGEANT CSA
Company K 16 Louisiana Infantry
Civil War Confederate
November 2, 1843 - April 24, 1917
From Louisiana Archives ~ Chaney, William, Sergeant 16th Louisiana Infantry Company K. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured ____. Transferred to Camp Douglas, Illinois, December 21, 1864, from Louisville, Kentucky.
Chaney, William P, Private, Sergeant. Company K 16th Louisiana Infantry. Enlisted April 1, 1861, New Orleans, Louisiana. Present on Roll for March 1 to July 1, 1862. Roll to October 31, 1862, Absent, sick. Sent to Hospital at Bardstown, Kentucky. Rolls from November, 1862 to February, 1863, Absent. Paroled at __, Kentucky. Absent at home in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana . Rolls from May, 1863 to June, 1864, Present. Roll for July and August, Promoted from ranks to 3rd Sergeant, July 1, 1864. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured Nashville, Tennessee, December 16, 1864. Received at Military Prison, Louisville, Kentucky, December 21, 1864. Forwarded to Camp Douglas, Illinois, December 24, 1864. Discharged at Camp Douglas, Illinois June 1, 1865, as per General Order Number 109, A. G. O.
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