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- Lewis Chesterfield served with the Union Army during the Civil War. He enlisted at Waverly Landing, Tennessee January 9, 1864. He served with the 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry, 2nd Regiment, Company "G". Records also show his brothers, George P. Jamison and Robert , in the same Company. Lewis Chesterfield Jamison was Mustered out of the Army in December of 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee.
He was stationed at Waverly, Tennessee in April of 1864.
Lewis Chesterfield received a pension from the Government for a Hernia he received when his horse was shot out from under him and he was ordered to mount a mule. On jumping on the mule he injured himself on the saddle horn causing the hernia. This fight took place at or near Paris Landing, Tennessee on March 27, 1864. Major Hardy was in Command, L. C. Jamison was treated by Doctor Enos McAvley.
as a result of the above injury, on July 12, 1889 Lewis Chesterfield Jamison received a pension from the U.S. Government for a "Right Inguinal Hernia" in the amount of $4.00 per month, under certificate # 440-440.
He was pensioned on July 12, 1889, Certificate number 440-440, for right inguinal hernia, at $4.00 a month.
The 1870 Milan, Gibson County, Tennessee, Census list the following;
Lewis Jamisonage24
Jane24
George 1
Caroline60 (Probably his mother)
Lewis Chesterfield Jamison is believed to have moved to Arkansas about 1872 or 1873.
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1842 - 1900 (58 years)
