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Name: John Z Pennington
Age: 28
Birth Date: abt 1834
Enlistment Date: 1862
Military Unit: Twenty-first Battalion, Infantry (Pound Gap Battalion, Thompson's Battalion, Special Service Battalion)

Source:
U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865

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Co. A, 64th. Virginia Mounted Infantry
Enlisted on 9/16/61 at Camp Lane, Lee Co.
Taken POW 9/9/63 at Cumberland Gap. Sent
to Camp Douglas 9/24/63 where held until 12/18/64 when he died of Chronic diarrhea.

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John was one of the veteran's buried in Chicago City Cemetery. Plot Grave 274 , Block 2
Chicago City Cemetery was moved, for health reasons, over the years to various other cemeteries, outside the city. Only one monument remains in the City Park, that the land was turned in to . But all the bodies were not moved, as recent digs in the park have turned up bones.

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Name: John Zion Pennington
Enlistment Age: 27
Birth Date: 1834
Birth Place: Lee County, Virginia
Enlistment Date: 16 Sep 1861
Enlistment Place: Lee County, Virginia
Enlistment Rank: Private
Muster Date: 16 Sep 1861
Muster Place: Virginia
Muster Company: A
Muster Regiment: 21st Battn Infantry
Muster Regiment Type: Infantry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Imprisonment Date: 9 Sep 1863
Imprisonment Place: Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
Muster Out Date: 1 Dec 1862
Muster Out Information: Transferred
Side of War: Confederacy
Survived War?: No
Residence Place: Lee County, Virginia
Burial Place: Chicago, Illinois
Cemetery: Block 2, Chicago City Cemetery
Cemetery Plot Number: 274
Notes: 1863-09-24 Confined, (Camp Douglas, IL)
Additional Notes: Married Sarah Ann Scaggs on April 23, 1857.
Additional Notes 2: Muster 2 Date: 01 Dec 1862; Muster 2 Place: Virginia; Muster 2 Unit: 825; Muster 2 Company: A; Muster 2 Regiment: 64th Infantry; Muster 2 Regiment Type: Infantry; Muster 2 Information: Enlisted; MusterOut 2 Date: 18 Dec 1864; MusterOut 2 Place: Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois; MusterOut 2 Information: died disease POW;
Title: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

Died in Camp Douglas of diarrhea on Dec 17, 1864, buried in Chicago City Cemetery, Cemetery closed and all Confederate remains removed to Oak Woods Cemetery

Source:
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865

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Name: Jno Z Pennington
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 23
Birth Date: 1834
Birth Place: Lee Co, Virginia
Marriage Date: 23 Apr 1857
Marriage Place: Lee Co, Virginia
Father: Levi Pendleton
Mother: E Pendleton
Spouse: Sarah A Skaggs

Source:
Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940

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