James K. Polk Chastain   Age:  21 Birthplace:  Union Co., GA Occupation:  Farmer Rank at enlistment:  Corporal Rank at discharge:  Sergeant Company Assignment:  K   7/24/1862   Enlisted Huntsville, AL 7/24/1862   Mustered In Huntsville, AL 10/1/1862   Promoted To Sergeant. 11/5/1862   Prisoner of War Nashville, TN 10/26/1863   Missing in Action Vincent's Crossroads, MS 11/20/1864   Paroled Savannah, GA Held at Cahawba and Andersonville. 12/4/1864   Sent to Hospital Annapolis, MD 1/25/1865   Sent to Hospital Wilmington, DE 7/19/1865   Mustered Out Nashville, TN Notes: James K Polk Chastain was born 3 June 1839 in Union Co., GA to James Edward Chastain and Sarah J Shelton. He married Martha Emeline Dyke on 10 May 1860. He married Mollie Skeeters in Arkansas after the War. He died 15 May 1901 in Stone Co., MO. †

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Service records compiled by Glenda Todd and used with her permission. This and other information about the history of the First and the men who fought with the unit can be found in her book, First Alabama Cavalry, USA: Homage to Patriotism.

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