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- Joel Chambliss, son of Soloman Chambliss and Elizabeth Susan Keenan, was born in 1846 in Clay County, Illinois.
He enlisted in the United States Army, Company C, 136th Illinois Infantry, on June 1, 1864, while living at Olney, Illinois. He died while in service to his country during the Civil War; the place of death was Columbus, Hickman County,Kentucky, and he died on July 8, 1864.
This military unit was never in battle and was used primarily for garrison duty with occasional scouting missions and raids against guerrillas.
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Upon enlisting into the War of the Rebellion, Mr. Chamblens/Chambliss was 5' 8 3/4" tall, he had light-colored hair, had blue eyes, and had a light complexion. He was living in Olney, Richland County, Illinois, as a farmer. He enlisted into Company C, 136th Illinois Infantry on 21 May 1864 in Fairview, Richland County, Illinois. He was mustered into federal service on 01 June 1864 in Centralia, Marion County, Illinois as a Private.
Private Chamblens/Chambliss died of disease (Measles) on 08 July 1864 at the Post Hospital in Columbus, Hickman County, Kentucky.
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