| Name |
Samuel Forrer Chapman |
| Unit of Confederate Service |
Co. B, 17th Va. Inf, Dixie Artillery, Hampden Artillery, and
John Singleton Mosby's 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry |
| Birth |
27 Aug 1838, Luray, VA |
| Death |
21 May 1919, Covington, Va. |
| Burial |
Cedar Grove Cemetery, Covington, Va. |
| Occupation |
Minister |
| Father |
William Allen Chapman |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Forrer |
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| Misc. Notes |
RESIDENCES: A resident of Luray District #3 in 1860, Page Co., Va. He was listed as a student and within the year had graduated
from Columbia University as a minister.
RECORD OF SERVICE: Enlisted 03 May 1861 in Co. B, 17th Va. Inf. at Front Royal. Transferred to the Dixie Artillery 10 Oct 1861 and enlisted at Manassas.
Appointed lieutenant. Reasssigned by Special Order # 186/14 (18 Ju 1863). Transferred to Mosby's 43rd Bttn. Va. Cav. on 11 Jan 1864. Appointed captain. Paroled
22 Apr 1865 at Winchester: age 26, 5'11", fair complexion, dark hair, hazel eyes.
POSTWAR INFORMATION: S.F. Chapman went on to serve as a chaplain with the 4th Immune Regiment in the Spanish American War, continuing to minister in Virginia, and father of the public school system in Alleghany Co., Va., becoming its first superintendant of public schools.
A member of Stonewall Jackson Camp, UCV, Staunton, Va. 6 Feb 1906.
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| Spouses |
| 1 |
Eliza Rebecca Elgin |
| Marriage Date & Place |
28 Jul 1864 at Marshall, Fauquier Co., Va. |
| Birth |
Nov 1846, Fairfax Co., Va. |
| Death |
2 Dec 1900 |
| Burial |
Cedar Grove Cemetery, Covington, Va. |
| Father |
S. Gustavius Elgin |
| Mother |
Catherine Lewis Smith |
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| Misc. Notes |
See the Virginia Regimental Histories Series books 17th Virginia Infantry by Lee A. Wallace, Jr.; The Danville, New Market Eighth Star and Dixie Artillery by Robert H. Moore, II; The Richmond Fayette, Hampden Thomas, and Blount's Lynchburg Artillery by Robert H. Moore, II; and 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry by Hugh C. Keen & Horace Mewborn for more information about the unit histories of Chapman's service.
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