Soldiers Records

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Please cite results as coming from: County, , Soldiers Records
Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia
(valley.lib.virginia.edu/dossier_record?q=db:dossiers_augusta AND id_num:1302).

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Personal Information	Enlistment Records
Name: John Wesley McGuffin Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1850 Census, age 5, Augusta Co.	Date of Enlistment: 11/19/1863 Place of Enlistment: Morton's Ford Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute:
Service Information	Military Service Record
Rank: Pvt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.	Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Transf. to Co. H 10-31-1864; back to Co. E 11-10-1864 Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Surrendered Appomattox Courthouse 04-09-65
Wounded/Killed Information	Other Information
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Died of Wounds:	Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmhand, age 25, Riverheads District, Augusta Co. Receiving pension at Lofton 1902 and near Greenville 1920 obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Near Greenville Date of Death: 8/5/1927 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Mt. Calvary Methodist Church Cemetery Stuart's Draft Epitaph:

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