Soldiers Records

From Compiled Military Service Records at National Archives

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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:1550).

Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: John B., Sr. Rankin

Birth Place: Augusta Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmer, age 62, Northern District, Augusta Co.

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: C

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.

Promotions:

Transfers and Other Service:Enl. 07-23-1861 Musician (drummer) Co. H 52nd Regt. Va. Inf. as substitute for William G. Andes

Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 02-00-1862, drummer; absent sick 03-28-1862 to 04-00-1862

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Prison:

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Discharge:

Paroled: //

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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: 774 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 769 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Postwar Life: obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Spring Hill in 64th year

Date of Death: 7/7/1863

Cause of Death:

Burial Place: Burnett Rankin Cemetery Spring Hill Augusta Co.

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