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Chambliss Cemetery

The biological and military information on the Chambliss Cemetery page came from searching the internet. The majority of the biological information came from the Ancestory.com, Edenfield Genealogical Society, Compiled Military Records, and from the Florida Confederate Pension Applications found on The State Library and Archives site. Photo from Commander Max Basford. GPS reading from Adjutant Larry Clere. Contact Ashley Pollette if you have information to add or if you see any mistakes.

Quartermaster James H. Chambliss
Company A, 5th Battalion Florida Cavalry

GPS W30°52.277' N85°4.685'

James H. Chambliss was born in 1821. He enlisted in Company A, 5th battalion Florida Cavalry 0n 17 Dec 1863. He was promoted to Full Quartermaster and transferred to Field and Staff. He was surrendered by general Sam Jones on 11 may 1865, and was paroled at Quincy, Florida, on 22 May 1865. [ANCESTRY.COM - NARA PUB M251 REEL 16 A-F]

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The 5th Florida Cavalry Battalion organized in 1863 with eight companies. Members were recruited in the counties of Columbia, Escambia, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, and Wakulla. The Battalion took an active part in the battles of Olustee, Gainesville, Milton, and Braddock's Farm. General Sam Jones surrendered the at Tallahassee on 10 May 1865.

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