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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:2337).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: John F. Blakemore Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Shoemaker, age 23, 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; absent wounded on rolls through 10-00-1864 after being wounded at Gettysburg 07-03-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Gettysburg, severely in back - 7/3/1863 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 337 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 332 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Shoemaker, age 39, 3rd District, Augusta Co. Residing in Stuart's Draft; shoemaker; membership application for Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25 C. V. Staunton 04-03-99; admitted to Soldier's Home Richmond 03-24-06
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 7/8/1906 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Epitaph: |