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Details for Roster ID 1574
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| Name: | Walter Scott Chewning |
| Affiliation: | Class of 1864 |
| Biography & Genealogy: | Walter Scott Chewning, Class of 1864: Born- ca. 1844. Matriculate from New Glascow, Va. At VMI 1 year. Military Record- Left on guard at VMI, April 1861. Unofficial source says then Drill Master, 42nd Va. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, at Richmond, Va., for 1 year as Private, Capt T. J. Kirkpatrick's Co. Va. Light Artillery (Amherst, Artillery). Applied for commission on Nov. 29, 1862. Discharged Feb. 1863, having furnished substitute. Enlisted Feb. 1, 1864, in Fauquier Co., Va, as Private, Co. C, Col J. S. Mosby's Regiment Va. Cavalry (43rd Battalion Va. Cavalry). Signed oath May 17, 1864, at Charlottesville, Va. Post War Career: Merchant; farmer; tobacco manufacturer; cement business. Died- July 12, 1915. |
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