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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:2278).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: John M. Beard Birth Place: Virginia Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Laborer, age 18, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 5/11/1861 Place of Enlistment: Sangersville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: I Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Mustered in at Harpers Ferry 05-22-1861; declared unfit for duty after being wounded at Kernstown on 03-23-1862; returned by end of 08-00-1863; returned 06-16-1864 from being sick at hospital on 11-29-1863; absent 10-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/22/1865 Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Kernstown; Winchester 09-19-1864 - 3/23/1862 Hospital: Catarrh, hosp. 11-29-1863 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 538 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 533 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 28, Riverheads District, Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: near Parnassus Date of Death: 7/3/1870 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |