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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:2336).
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Name: Jackson Byron Blakemore Birth Place: Virginia Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Student, age 15, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 5/11/1861 Place of Enlistment: Sangersville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: I Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Enl. 07-12-1862 as Pvt. Capt. John Avis's Co. Provost Guard Staunton Muster Sheet: Mustered in at Harpers Ferry 05-22-1861; returned to duty in Provost Guard, Staunton after being in hosp. in Richmond in 01-00-1865; present through 10-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Obituary states he was in battle of Falling Waters, but active military service proved too much for his delicate condition. |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Hosp. at Fairfax Courthouse 09-26-1861; as member of Provost Guard Staunton, admitted to General Hospital No. 9 Richmond 01-24-1865 and on 01-31-1865 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 335 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 330 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Mt. Solon age 58 years 6 months 18 days Date of Death: 4/16/1904 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |