Jesse M. Chidester

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 5/21/1861 at Clarksburg, VA as a Private.
On 5/21/1861 he mustered into "C" Co. VA 31st Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* POW 7/11/1861 Laurel Hill, WV
* Paroled 7/2/1862 (place not stated) (Sent home)
* Issued pay 7/15/1862 (place not stated)
* Issued pay 8/5/1862 (place not stated)
* Issued pay 11/27/1862 (place not stated)
* Detailed 8/12/1863 Staunton, VA (Detailed in CSA shoe shop, last record)
Promotions:
* Corpl

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

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Jesse M. Chidester, 2nd Corporal, Company C, 31st Virginia Infantry, enlisted May 31, 1861 at Clarksburg for one year, taken prisoner during the retreat from Laurel Hill July 11, 1861, released and sent home on parole July 24, 1861, paid August 5, 1862 for the 4 month period March - June, 1862, noted on detached service in Government Shoe Shop, Staunton, Va. February 21 and August 12, 1863, no further records

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