Calvin D. Venable

{{Infobox military person

| name = Calvin Davenport Venable

| birth_date = 1815

| birth_place = Kentucky

| death_date = {{Death year and age|1862|1821|05}}

| death_place = Versailles, Tennessee

| allegiance = Confederate States of America

| branch = Confederate States Army

| serviceyears = 1861–1862

| unit = 5th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

| rank = 35px Lieutenant Colonel

| battles = American Civil War

| spouse = Marcy Kendall

}}

Calvin Davenport Venable ({{circa|1815}}{{snd}}December{{nbsp}}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. 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.{{cite book|last1=Allardice|first1=Bruce|title=Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register|url=https://archive.org/details/confederatecolon00alla|url-access=registration|date=2008|publisher=University of Missouri Press|isbn=978-0826266484|pages=[https://archive.org/details/confederatecolon00alla/page/195 195]–196}}