Pvt Noah Edwin Corley

Pvt Noah E. “Cosley” Corley BIRTH 1819 USA DEATH 5 Nov 1864 (aged 44–45) Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA BURIAL Annapolis National Cemetery Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

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Pvt Noah E. “Cosley” Corley- MEMORIAL ID 100550489

Louisa Wilson married Noah E. Corley, son of William and Susan Frogg Corley. As before stated, Noah Corley purchased land in Roaring Creek district, Randolph County, part of which land extends into Barbour County. To the above union were born five boys and five girls: William Jackson, Augustine Smith, Henry, Winfield Scott, Gideon D. Camden, Ellen, Sarah Elizabeth, Martha Jane, Eliza, and Katherine Columbia. Elizabeth Walker Wilson spent her last years with her son-in-law, Noah E. Corley, and died in 1861. She is buried in the Talbott M. E. cemetery.

Noah E. Corley was a Union soldier in the Civil War. He was taken prisoner and imprisoned in Georgia, was exchanged at the end of the war, and was sent to Annapolis, Maryland, but died there in a weakened condition due to lack of food while in prison. Louisa, his wife, is buried in the Talbott M. E. cemetery.

Only two of Noah E. Corley's children survive, Henry of near Parkersburg and Gideon Draper Camden, now 84 years of age, who resides with his daughter, Mrs. C. D. Talbott, on the old Noah Corley homestead. Camden was married to Lydia Thorn on December 9, 1866. To this union were born four girls and two boys, of which three girls now survive: Mrs. A. G. Schoonover, Mrs. George Skidmore, and Mrs. C. D. Talbot

Noah Edwin Corley was captured in Beverly, WVa in 1861 as a Union spy. On his war record and pension file it states that he joined on 20 July 1862 in Coburn's Company H of the 10th WVa Infantry and Volunteers at New Interest, WVa and was mustered in 15 Nov 1862.at Beverly to serve three years.

In June 1864 he is listed as a prisoner of the enemy, captured at Winchester, Frederick County, VA and confined in Richmond VA, He was paroled 18 Oct 1864 and reported at Camp Parole, MD in Hospital Division, Number I. On 20 Oct 1863 he died in the hospital.

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Noah E. Corley was a Union soldier in the Civil War. He was taken prisoner and imprisoned in Georgia, was exchanged at the end of the war, and was sent to Annapolis, Maryland, but died there in a weakened condition due to lack of food while in prison. Louisa, his wife, is buried in the Talbott M. E. cemetery.

Pvt. – Co. F --- Captured @ 2nd Battle of Kernstown, VA, 7/24/64; Died as a Paroled POW @ Div. #1 GH, Annapolis, MD, of Chronic Diarrhea and Bronchitis,11/5/64; Sec. J, Sec. Grave #30 [Official Grave #1408]; age - 45

(old writing) Only two of Noah E. Corley's children survive, Henry of near Parkersburg and Gideon Draper Camden, now 84 years of age, who resides with his daughter, Mrs. C. D. Talbott, on the old Noah Corley homestead. Camden was married to Lydia Thorn on December 9, 1866. To this union were born four girls and two boys, of which three girls now survive: Mrs. A. G. Schoonover, Mrs. George Skidmore, and Mrs. C. D. Talbott.