William Calaway Pennington

MARRIAGE INDEX:
Name:Calaway Penington
Gender:Male
Spouse:Nancy Privett
Spouse Gender:Female
Bond Date:24 Dec 1856
Bond #:000002059
Level Info:North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum:006504
County:Ashe
Record #:02 006
Bondsman:Andrew Peningto
Witness:R. Jones

--- Listed in Guion Miller Roll Cherokee :Application number: 3090 Pennington Calaway CHER

---1862 Confederate Army, Civil War, 26th North Carolina Infantry . He enlisted in 26th North Carolina Infantry in Ashe County on March 27, 1862. He was wounded in the left leg at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, taken POW, and confined at various Union hospitals until confined at Baltimore, Maryland on September 25, 1863, and transferred to City Point for exchange on September 27, 1863. He returned to duty by February 28, 1864 and was again taken POW, this time at Deep Bottom, Virginia on August 16, 1864.
After being sent to Point Lookout, Maryland, he was released. It also appears that after this time he changed sides, enlisting as a private in the Union Army, the 4th U.S. Volunteer Infantry, where he served from October 17, 1864 to July 2, 1865

-Confederate States Army, Civil War, Company C 63rd Virginia Infantry .
He is listed as Calloway Co F . [ PENNINGTON, ABLE: Co. F PENNINGTON, ABRAM: Co. F PENNINGTON, ANDREW JACKSON: Co. C PENNINGTON, CALLOWAY: Co. F PENNINGTON, ELI: Co. F PENNINGTON, SAMUEL: Co. F ]
-1864 -1865 Union Army, Civil War, 4th US Volunteer Infantry --Ref # 1775- [October 17, 1864 to July 2, 1865 ]

Civil War Soldier Records:
Name:Calloway Pennington
Residence:Glade Springs, Virginia, Virginia
Enlistment Date:6 May 1862
Rank at enlistment:Private
Enlistment Place:Glade Springs, Virginia
State Served:Virginia
Survived the War?:Yes
Service Record:Enlisted in Company F, Virginia 63rd Infantry Regiment on 06 May 1862.Mustered out on 25 Nov 1863 at Missionary Ridge, TN.Returned to Company F, Virginia 63rd Infantry Regiment on 01 May 1864.Mustered out on 05 Jun 1864 at Marietta, GA.
Description:
height: 5 ft. 7 in., dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair.
Death Date:4 Dec 1904
Death Place:Ashe County, North Carolina
Sources:The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

CHILDREN:
1. William David Pennington 1858
2. James Abraham (Abram) Pennington 1860
3. Mary Matilda Pennington Caldwell 1864
4. Naomi "Norma" Jane Pennington Anderson 1868
5. Martha A. Pennington Paisley 1870
6. Henry Alexander "Eleck" Pennington 1874
Abel Pennington b: 8 DEC 1878
7. John F Pennington 1880
8. Alie Pennington Davis 1882