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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Chesley M. Downing

(c. 1841 - 1862)

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 6th Alabama Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as Private, Company K (later F), 6th Alabama Infantry on 15 August 1861 at Sangster's Crossroads, VA.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action near Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

References & notes

His service from the State of Alabama.1 His death on South Mountain is in a casualty list for Rodes' Brigade in the Montgomery Weekly Advertiser of 8 October 1862. Personal details from family genealogists.

Birth

c. 1841; Monroe County, GA

Death

09/14/1862; Turner's Gap, MD

Notes

1   State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives & History, Alabama Civil War Service Database, Published 2004, first accessed 01 January 2010, <https://archives.alabama.gov/research/CivilWarService.aspx>, Source page: /civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=52685  [AotW citation 25657]