Name: Jacob Moses Trevey
Birth Place: Rockbridge Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:Student at University of Virginia 1857-1858
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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: 2nd Lt.
Company: C
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.
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Promotions: To Capt. 02-06-1862; commanding Co. 03-23-1862; not reelected 04-19-1862
Transfers and Other Service:Enl. 1st Rockbridge Arty. 00-00-1862; apparently reappointed Capt. Co. C 5th Va. Inf. 00-00-1864, 00-00-1865
Muster Sheet: Sick furlough 12-00-1861
Captured:
Missing In Action:
Prison:
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Discharge:
Paroled: 4/9/1865
Notes:
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Died of Disease:
Killed in Action:
Wounded in Action: Gettysburg, leg - 7/3/1863
Hospital:
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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: 1870 Census, M. D., age 33, 3rd District, Augusta Co. Physician in Spring Hill
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place:
Date of Death: 8/22/1885
Cause of Death:
Burial Place: Mossy Creek Presbyterian Church Old Cemetery
Epitaph:
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