Lt Col John Gray Chambers 23rd Massachusetts 2X WIA Died of Wounds at Fort Monroe. A bust view CDV of Chambers ink signed on the front and back marked C. Seaver, Jr,. Boston.
John Gray Chambers
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Residence Medford MA; a 34 year-old Printer.
Enlisted on 5/1/1861 as a 1st Lieutenant.
On 5/1/1861 he was commissioned into "E" Co. MA 5th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 7/31/1861 at Boston, MA
On 12/4/1861 he was commissioned into Field & Staff MA 23rd Infantry
He died of wounds on 7/15/1864 at Fort Monroe, VA
* Wounded 7/6/1863 Quaker Bridge, NC (Wounded in
shoulder)
* Wounded 5/16/1864 Drewry's Bluff, VA (Wounded in
abdomen)
* Hospitalized 5/18/1864 Fort Monroe, VA
Promotions:
* Adjutant 7/8/1861
* 1st Lieut 10/5/1861 (1st Lieut & Adjutant as of
23rd MA Inf)
* Major 3/15/1862
* Lt Colonel 11/26/1862
* 7/8/1861 from company E to Field & Staff
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