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Confederate (CSV)

Corporal

Benjamin Chiles

(1846 - 1905)

Home State: South Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 1st South Carolina Rifles

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as Private, Company C of the First South Carolina "Orr's" Rifles, and was promoted to Corporal, dates not given.

On the Campaign

He was with his Company near Harpers Ferry on 13 September 1862, and assisted his wounded brother-in-law Captain Wade E. Cothran on Maryland Heights.

The rest of the War

He was detailed for service with the Commissary Department, date not given.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records via the Historical Data Systems database. Personal details and his role on Maryland Heights from family genealogists. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

01/26/1846; Abbevile County, SC

Death

05/01/1905; Greenville, SC; burial in Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, SC