John W. Chidister
Name: John W. Chidister
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 3rd Potomac Home Brigade Inf.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Frederick County, MD
Enlistment Date: 02/28/1864
Company: K
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Also listed as "John W. Chidester." Enlisted as a Drummer.
Source(s):
Maryland Comptroller of the Treasury, "Bounty Rolls, 1864-1880," S629, Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD, microfilm copy at Maryland Room, Frederick County Public Libraries, Frederick, MD, roll 602, page 1; L. Allison Wilmer, J. H. Jarrett and Geo. W. F. Vernon, History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-5 (Baltimore: Guggenheimer, Weil, & Co., 1899); National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online at http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/index.html.
