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Name: Joseph Nichols Ryan
Birth Place: Port Republic Rockingham Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:Moved to Staunton, 1854
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Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
Conscript or Substitute:
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: L
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.
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Promotions: To Sgt. 04-00-1862; from 1st Sgt. to 1st Lt. 08-10-1862; appears on a list of officers promoted for valor and skill 11-19-1862
Transfers and Other Service:
Muster Sheet: Medical Board 02-16-1864 recommended his discharge; granted leave of absence 03-11-1865
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Died of Disease:
Killed in Action:
Wounded in Action: Kernstown; Gaines Mill 06-27-1862; Chancellorsville, right leg amputated above knee and in left leg and breast 05-03-1863 - 3/23/1862
Hospital: Sick, hosp. at Martinsburg 06-00-1861 to 10-00-1861
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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: Elected Clerk of Circuit Court Augusta Co. 05-00-64; served to his death. 1870 Census, Clerk of Court, age 29, Staunton. Preserved muster roll from which extracts and biographical notes were published in the Staunton Daily Leader 11-26-14
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place:
Date of Death: 11/30/1892
Cause of Death:
Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Staunton
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