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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:1436).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: John Newton Opie Birth Place: Millview Jefferson Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Moved to Staunton, 1856; student at Staunton Academy; 1860 Census, Student, age 16, Northern District, Augusta Co.; cadet at Virginia Military Institute (Class of 1864) 01-01-62 to 06-02-62 |
Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: L Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To Capt. Davis's Bn. Md. Cav. Transfers and Other Service:Enl. 10-15-1862 as Pvt. Co. D 6th Va. Cav. Muster Sheet: Present at battle of Piedmont 06-05-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/8/1865 Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Brandy Station - 6/9/1863 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1969 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1964 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 27, Mt. Sidney Post Office, Augusta Co. Farmed near Staunton for 20 years; graduate of University of Virginia 1885; lawyer in Staunton; served in both houses of Virginia legislature; author of A Rebel Cavalryman with Lee, Stuart and Jackson (1899); member of Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25 C. V. Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 1/26/1906 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton Epitaph: |