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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:1504).
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Name: John F. Porterfield Birth Place: Fishersville Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 20, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/19/1861 Place of Enlistment: Fishersville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: H Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To Cpl. 07-16-1861; reduced to ranks 06-15-1862; promoted to Sgt. 04-00-1864 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Returned 07-18-1863 from being wounded at Chancellorsville Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Chancellorsville, foot - 5/3/1863 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 484 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 434 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Membership application for Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25 C. V. Staunton 02-00-93; laborer
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 5/7/1908 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Epitaph: |