Calvin D. Venable

Calvin Davenport Venable 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. 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.