YANCEY COUNTY, NC - MILITARY - Lewis Perry Silver
====================================================================
     USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing
         free information on the Internet, data may be used by
         non-commercial entities, as long as this message
         remains on all copied material. These electronic
         pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit
         or for presentation by other persons or organizations.

         Persons or organizations desiring to use this material
         for purposes other than stated above must obtain the
         written consent of the file contributor.
		
	 The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives
	 to store the file permanently for free access.

         This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb
         Archives by: Rich Nallenweg	RNallenweg@aol.com
====================================================================
Lewis Perry SILVER, born abt 1839; died 9 Nov 1864 in Camp Chase, Columbus, 
Franklin, OH He married Nancy WOODY, born 1842 in Yancey, NC, daughter of 
Edward WOODY and Elizabeth ROBINSON.
	

MILITARY: 'NC Troops: 1861-1865', Co I, 29th regiment infantry, 'Private Lewis 
P. Silver resided in Mitchell Co where he enlisted at age 22, 11 Jul 1861. 
Note that this is the same unit and date of enlistment as his brother-in-law 
Wiley Gilbert Woody. Captured in KY Sep/Nov 1862, confined at Chattanooga, TN. 
Exchanged on 11 Jan 1863. Captured near Atlanta, GA 22 Jul 1864. Sent to 
Nashville, TN. Confined at Louisville, KY, 30 Jul 1864. Transferred to Camp 
Chase, OH, where he arrived on 2 Aug 1864. Died at Camp Chase 8/9 Nov 1864 of 
typhoid fever.
ORGANIZATION: 10, 20 Mar, & 10 Jun 1864 per 'Official Records' (OR); the 29th 
NC commanded by Lt Col Bacchus S. Proffitt, part of Brig Gen Matthew D. 
Ector's brigade, part of Major Gen Samuel G. French's division, part of the 
Dept of AL, MS, and East LA (later Army of MS) commanded by Lt Gen Leonidas 
Polk.
ATLANTA, GA, 3 May - 8 Sep 1864
The 29th NC was commanded by Lt Col B.S. Proffitt, which was part of Brig Gen 
M.D. Ector's brigade, of Major Gen Samuel G. French's division, of Polk's (or 
Lt Gen A.P. Stewart's) corps, Army of Mississippi, commanded by Lt Gen 
Leonidas Polk.
	

DEATH: 'Confederate POW's buried in Northern Cemeteries', by Ingmire and 
Ericson, Pvt Lewis P. Silver, Co I 29 NC Inf, died 9 Nov 1864, Camp Chase, 
near Columbus, Ohio, grave #440, row 14, no. 11.
In June 2000 the Nallenweg family visited the Camp Chase cemetery in Columbus, 
IN and photographed Lewis' grave.