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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:1962).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: John Wallace Birth Place: Connecticut Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Laborer, age 16, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/18/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: G Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To Cpl. 10-07-1862 Transfers and Other Service:Transf. to Co. H 10-11-1862 Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Gaines Mill, slightly in ankle ; Winchester, slightly in back 06-00-1863 - 6/27/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1446 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1472 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Railroad builder for C & O; manager Revere House in Harrisonburg; member of S. B. Gibbons Camp C. V. Harrisonburg
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 11/22/1898 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Woodbine Cemetery Harrisonburg Epitaph: |