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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:2083).
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Name: John Alexander Wright Birth Place: Mint Spring Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmer, age 22, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/12/1862 Place of Enlistment: Rude's Hill Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Sgt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Transf. to Co. H 10-31-1864 and back to Co. E 11-10-1864 Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 4/9/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Chronic diarrhea, hosp. at Staunton 03-22-1863 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1079 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1075 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer at Arbor Hill; membership application for Stonewall Jackson Camp No.25 C. V. Staunton 05-26-03
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Staunton Date of Death: 7/31/1921 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |