Robert Chargo
Robert Chargo served in Company A of the 8th U.S.C.T. He was born around 1833 in Virginia, to his father Harry Charger and his mother Matilda Castain.1 Nothing else is known about his life before the military. According to his obituary, he was originally a part of the Confederate army, and then deserted to enlist in the Union. He enlisted in June of 1863, and was discharged in December of 1866, as a Lieutenant.