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Charles P. Cavis

Captain Army Mexican War; Civil War

Army
Army
Captain
Captain
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Captain
Unit
4th OVI, Co. E (Mexican War); 121st OVI, Co. A & I (Civil War)
Conflict / Era
Mexican War; Civil War
Years of Service
05/12/1847 (Mexican War); 09/17/1862 (Civil War) – 07/18/1848 (Mexican War); 04/16/1865 (Civil War)
Date of Death
04/16/1865
Hometown
UNKNOWN, OH
Burial Location
Raleigh National Cemetery, Raleigh, NC
Monument Paver
No
Township (entering service)
UNKNOWN
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
School
UNKNOWN
Status
Killed in Action
When
04/16/1865
Where
Bentonville, NC
Record Authenticated
Yes

Biography

School: UNKNOWN. enlisted in Mexican War as Corporal, 5/12/1847, age 19; mustered out with company 7/18/1848; enlisted in Civil War 3/28/1863 as a Second Lieutenant; wounded at Bentonville, 3/19/1865; died of those wounds, 4/16/1865; buried in Gravesite 4-44, Raleigh National Cemetery; Beers, Record 508, lists Civil War enlistment date as September 17, 1862, died April 6, 1865, of wounds received March 19, 1865, at Bentonville, N. C.; Commissioned First Lieutenant, March 31, 1864, and Captain, October 19,1664

Source: Beers, Record 438, 508, Chapter IV, and Official Roster, p. 463-464; American Civil War Research Database; Roll of Honor