James Steele McClung

Residence was not listed; 20 years old.
Enlisted on 1/22/1862 at Lewisburg, WV as a Private.
On 1/22/1862 he mustered into "K" Co. VA 14th Cavalry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* POW 6/9/1861 Alderson Ferry, WV
* On rolls 3/15/1862 (place not stated) (Estimated day)
* Confined 6/13/1862 Wheeling, WV (Estimated day)
* Confined 6/25/1862 Camp Chase, OH (Estimated day)
* Exchanged 9/11/1862 (place not stated)
* On rolls 11/1/1862 (place not stated) (On rolls through 04/30/63)
* Absent, on leave 4/1/1864 (place not stated)
* On rolls 9/15/1864 (place not stated) (Estimated day. On rolls through 12/64)
* Paroled 5/10/1865 Charleston, WV
He was described at enlistment as:
6', fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair
Other Information:
born 9/18/1841 in Greenbrier County, WV
died 5/2/1928 in Trout, WV
(Farmer, Williamsburg District, Greenbrier County 1870
census.)

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

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James S. McClung, Private, Captain B. Frank Eakle’s Company (Greenbrier Cavalry),* enlisted January 22, 1862 at Lewisburg by Capt. Eakle for 6 months, re-enlisted July 9 at Adairs for the war, captured at Alderson’s Ferry June 9, 1862, arrived Military Prison, Wheeling, Va. (also known as Atheneum Prison) July 10,** received at Camp Chase, Ohio July 14, transferred to Vicksburg for exchange, recorded present at the Jan/Feb, 1863 muster, paroled May 10, 1865 at Charleston, W. Va. signing with an ‘X’, “his mark”

** 21 year old Farmer, 5’ 11-1/4”, Dark/Florid/Fair complexion, Blue eyes, Brown hair, Sandy whiskers, resident of Greenbrier County, Va., listed as with 8th Va. Cav.

* This company was successively designated as Captain Eakle’s Company Virginia Cavalry; Company A and Company K, 14th Regiment Virginia Cavalry

M324: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia