Anderson W. Chappell (abt. 1834 - abt. 1911)

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Confederate Soldier K 62 SC infantry

Anderson was born about 1834. He is the son of Jim Chappell and Abigail Boren. Ance was in the 62nd Regiment company K North Carolina Troops along with brothers Andrew Jackson “AJ” and Elias Earl Chappell. AJ, Ance, and Earl all got sick while serving the confederate army, and they were in the hospital together in Greenville, Tennessee. AJ survived the illness, Earl did not. AJ survived only to be captured at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. He was imprisoned at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Illinois. AJ died at Camp Douglas from erysipelas, a skin infection caused by Streptococcus Bacteria. He was buried in the mass grave, aka the Confederate Mound, in Chicago Illinois. It contains the remains of 6,000 confederate soldiers who were prisoners of war at Camp Douglas. A.J. Chappell’s name is listed on the memorial. Ance fled from the hospital on Greenville, TN and was listed as a deserter on his military records. This was a smart decision, as it most likely saved his life. Had he not fled, he would have been captured alongside his brother AJ and taken to Camp Douglas where his chance of survival was slim.

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• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KD53-424 : 13 March 2018), Anderson W Chapel, 1891.

• "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPMQ-JXV : 18 July 2017), Sanderson Chappell in entry for Lucy Ann Aiken, 03 Sep 1951; citing , Aiken, Lucy Ann, 1951, Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 2,400,480.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6SR-ZF2 : 15 July 2017), Anderson Chappell, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 132, sheet 97A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1238; FHL microfilm 1,255,238.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M56K-8DW : accessed 20 June 2019), Anderson W Chapel in household of General M Chapel, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 138, sheet 12B, family 227, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1470; FHL microfilm 1,375,483.

• "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZRN-SP5 : 10 March 2018), Anderson Chappell in entry for Gus Montgomery Chappell, 05 Mar 1955; citing Beulah Cem. Cemetery, Fletcher, Henderson, N.C., reference v 6B cn 6588; FHL microfilm 1,927,213.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QK-GTS : 12 April 2016), Anderson W Chapel in household of John Chapel, Pickens county, Pickens, South Carolina, United States; citing family 734, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).