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John Wesley Whalen
Private: Company A, 1st Maryland Cavalry (CSA)
Birth: 1840
Death: March 8, 1886 in Frederick, MD
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Area Q Lot  11
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Frederick News (March 9, 1886)
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Frederick News (March 10, 1886)



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Muster roll
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Descriptive roll
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Prisoner of War
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Oath of Allegiance
 ADDITIONAL FACTS OF NOTE
 Military Information
 Age at Enlistment:     25 
​ Home Residence during War:    
 Military Years:    1862 -1865
               Enlisted November 1862 in Winchester, VA
               Private, Company A, 1st Maryland Cavalry (CSA)
               Captured October 20, 1864 at Strasburg, VA
               Imprisoned at Point Lookout, MD
               Exchanged February 18, 1865
               Oath of allegiance May 27, 1865
           
                 

Personal Information
 Occupation:
        Mercantile
 Father:          Beal Whalen
 Mother:         Mary Hobbs
 Spouse:         Susan Holbruner

​Last known residence:     Frederick, MD
Cause of death:  Rheumatism

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