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Calvin D. Venable

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Calvin Davenport Venable
Born1815
Kentucky
DiedMay 1862 (aged 40–41)
Versailles, Tennessee
AllegianceConfederate States of America
Service / branchConfederate States Army
Years of service1861–1862
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Unit5th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War
Spouse(s)Marcy Kendall

Calvin Davenport Venable (c. 1815 — December 27, 1862) was a Confederate field officer. Born in 1815 in Kentucky, he served as the clerk of a Henry County, Tennessee court. He was appointed the adjutant of the 5th Tennessee Infantry Regiment on May 20, 1861, and lieutenant colonel on August 8 of that year.[1] He was wounded in action at the Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862, and relieved of his duties later that year. Venable died in Versailles, Tennessee on December 27, 1862, of his wounds received at Perryville and of congestive fever.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Allardice, Bruce (2008). Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register. University of Missouri Press. pp. 195–196. ISBN 978-0826266484.