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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M88- 74
Creator: Chapman family.
Title, Dates: Chapman family papers, 1858-1883.
Amount: 1.00 folder
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Organization/Arrangement: Chronological.
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Biographical/Historical:     Giles P. Chapman was born in South Carolina. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was farming with his wife Martha and several children in Sumter County, Florida. In May 1862, Chapman enlisted in the Marion Dragoons, which later became Company C, Second Florida Cavalry Regiment. He was discharged for disability in December of that same year and died in November 1865 from measles complications.  His wife apparently moved back to Newberry, South Carolina, to be with his family, but she eventually returned to Florida and received a postwar pension from the state.
Summary:     This collection contains photocopies of 10 letters of the Chapman family. The collection includes prewar letters between Giles Chapman and his parents, wartime letters from Chapman to his wife, and several poignant letters written after Giles' death between his widow and his father, Samuel Chapman. The collection also includes a copy of a special order for Giles Chapman, dated 1865. The wartime letters document military activities in east Florida, including the areas of Jacksonville and Palatka. There is mention of the 1862 fighting at St. Johns Bluff.
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Reproduction Note: Photocopies.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Originals in possession of donor.
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Subject Access Fields: Confederate States of America. Army.  --Florida Cavalry Regiment, 2nd.
Civil War (Fla.)
Saint Johns Bluff (Fla.), Battle of, 1862.
Florida History Civil War, 1861-1865
Jacksonville (Fla.)
Newberry (S.C.)
Palatka (Fla.)
Saint Johns Bluff (Fla.)
Sumter County (Fla.)
Added Entries Chapman, Giles P., 1828-1863
Chapman, Martha H., b. 1835
Chapman, Samuel, b. 1805?