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Thomas Henry Chiles

Male 1837 - 1861  (24 years)


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  1. 1.  Thomas Henry Chiles was born on 10 Jul 1837 in Giles County, Tennessee; died on 21 Aug 1861 in Camp Trousdale, Portland, Sumner County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about Thomas H. Chiles
    Name: Thomas H. Chiles
    Side: Confederate
    Regiment State/Origin: Tennesee
    Regiment Name: 3 (Clack's) Tennessee Infantry.
    Regiment Name Expanded: 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Clack's)
    Company: G
    Rank In: First Sergeant
    Rank In Expanded: First Sergeant
    Rank Out: First Sergeant
    Rank Out Expanded: First Sergeant
    Film Number: M231 roll 8
    Source Information:
    National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
    Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online , acquired 2007.

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    Company G, 3rd Tennessee Regiment
    War History Muster Roll
    Organized at Corner sville, Giles County, Tennessee
    Sargeant Thomas H. Chiles-served under Captain Calvin H. Walker, who
    later became Colonel under reorganization.
    Source:
    www.rootsw eb.com/~tngiles/cvlwar/3rdregt/htm

    3rd Tennessee Infantry Memorial Roll
    Chiles, Thomas H.
    Died at Camp Trousdale, Tennessee
    August 21, 1861
    Source:
    www.rootsweb. com/~tngiles/cvlwar/memorial.htm

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    GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS FROM REPORTED DEATHS, THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, 1861; 1872-1873
    By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
    Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1997
    JULY-DECEMBER 1861
    (Page 15)
    December 26, 1861
    PAUL CHILES, JR., born March 27, 1811; died Oct. 23, 1861; he and wife joined MECS Sept. 26, 1855; contracted disease while waiting on son, THOMAS H. CHILES, volunteer in Capt. Walker's company, and stayed with him until he died; brought son home for burial and he also soon died of camp fever. His son, WILLIS CHILES, of Capt. Worley's company, came home sick with camp fever and died December 6, 1861, leaving a widow and child.
    Source:
    www.tngenweb. org/records/davidson/nca/nca4-03.htm

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    Photo of grave at this website...
    Thomas Henry Chiles
    Birth: Jul. 19, 1837
    Giles County
    Tennessee, USA
    Death: Aug. 21, 1861
    Portland
    Sumner County
    Tennessee, USA

    Son of Paul Chiles and Sarah Collins Chiles Perry, Thomas served the CSA as 1st Sergeant with the 3rd(Clack's)Tennessee Infantry, Company G under Colonel Calvin H. Walker.

    According to his military records he died at Camp Trousdale on August 21, 1861. Abstracts from reported deaths in the Nashville Christian Advocate state he died of camp fever and was attended to by his father who stayed with him until he died. It was also stated in the article that Paul Chiles Jr. brought his son home for burial and he also soon died of
    camp fever.

    Thank you for your service and may you rest in peace.

    Special thanks to Mary Bob McClain for her volunteer work with this family and many others.

    Family links:
    Parents:
    Paul Chiles (1814 - 1861)
    Sarah Collins Perry (1821 - 1891)

    Burial:
    Diana Cemetery
    Diana
    Giles County
    Tennessee, USA

    Maintained by: Gloria Tune
    Originally Created by: Mary Bob McClain
    Record added: Jun 06, 2010
    Find A Grave Memorial# 53318731
    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=chiles&GSfn=thom as&GSiman=1&GScid=2186533&GRid=53318731&



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