Henry Chapman Swango

Captain, Company I, 5th Kentucky Infantry, Confederate States Army

Son of Abraham and Deborah A. (Ogden) Swango

Born on September 3, 1837, on Stillwater Creek in Morgan County, Kentucky

1850 Morgan County, Kentucky Federal Census
September 15, 1850, Line 18
Dwelling Number 836, Family Number 836
Abraham Swango		    59
Deborah Swango		    56
	Samuel Swango	    24
	Jesse Swango	    19
	Nancy Swango	    17
	Ellen Swango	    15
	Henry Swango	    12
	Humphary Cockern    26
	Miles Swango	    58
	Thomas Swango	    48		
	Rebecca Swango	    12

1860 Morgan County, Kentucky Federal Census
Second Division, Post Office: West Liberty
July 11, 1860, Line 34
Dwelling Number 261, Family Number 261
Abraham Swango		    69
Bebora Swango		    64
	Chapman Swango	    22
	Milly Swango	    68
	Richard Swango	    48
	Cresa Swango	    40
	Rebecca Swango	    21

The title tile from Henry C. Swango’s 5th Kentucky Service Record.

Military Service
Company I, 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, Confederate States Army
Enlisted: 1861, October 25 at Prestonsburg in Floyd County, Kentucky for twelve months.
Elected: Captain
Sworn In: as Captain on 1861, October 25 in camp near Pound Gap by Lt. R. B. Thomas.
Present for Duty: 1861, October 25 to October 20, 1863.
Mustered Out: 1863, October 20 at Hazel Green in Wolfe County, Kentucky.
Paid: 1862, June 30 by Major Crutchfield.
Highest Rank: Captain

*One of several surviving Pay Requests from Captain Henry C. Swango.*

Company E, 2nd Battalion Mounted Rifles, Confederate States Army
Highest Rank: Private
Enlisted: November 27, 1862 at Camp Nash, Virginia by J. H. Bradshaw for three years.
Paid: 1862, November 27 - $50 bounty.
Note at enlistment: "Captured and On Parole for Exchange."
Paid: 1862, October 20 by Major Crutchfield.
Highest Rank: Captain

*Captain H. C. Swango’s Second Mounted Cavalry Service Record lists the only official information about his death.*

Died on January 18, 1863, on Devil’s Creek in Wolfe County, Kentucky. Service record stated: “Killed in action with State Guards near Campton, Kentucky on January 18, 1863.”

Captain Henry C. Swanog’s Iron Cross and tombstone at the Swango Cemetery. Source: Find a Grave #16458449

Buried in the Swango Cemetery near the mouth of Baptist Fork, near Trent in Wolfe County, Kentucky.

Following the close of the Civil War, Henry Chapman Swango was posthumously indicted at Frankfort for Treason in September 1866. The charges were later dropped.

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