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He was not an Alabama soldier

The United States government has claimed for over 100 years and still claims that grave number 165 at the Camp Chase Cemetery belongs to D. L. Pardean of Company G of the 7th Alabama Cavalry. Like many dozens of other tombstones at Chase in my opinion this is incorrect. He turned out to be a (West) Virginia citizen and not a soldier from Alabama. The following is the brief research of this man.

1413) Citizen of Webster County, (West) Virginia Daniel L. PERDUE - Inscription on tombstone #165 reads “D. L. PARDEAN CO. G 7 ALA. CAV. C.S.A.” Federal POW Records on ancestry (2155) stated he was taken prisoner in Webster County, West Virginia on December 31, 1863 and spelled his surname as Perdew. Federal POW Records on ancestry (23120) stated he died on Monday, May 23, 1864 due to pneumonia and buried in grave number 165 and spelled his surname as Perdew. The 1860 United States census listed his name as Daniel L. Perdew however it was transcribed correctly as Daniel L. Perdue. Daniel L. Perdue was born about 1815 and living in Webster County, (West) Virginia with his wife Nancy and the nearest Post Office was listed as Sandrun. If the compiler were making the tombstone it would read: “CITIZEN OF WEBSTER CO. VA. DAN’L L. PERDUE C.S.A.”

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