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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:2393).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: John David Brooks Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Graduate of Washington College 1859 |
Date of Enlistment: 4/19/1861 Place of Enlistment: Fishersville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: H Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 1st Sgt. 09-00-1861; to Capt. 00-00-1864 Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as regimental QM clerk 04-22-1861; transf. to Co. E 04-12-1862 Rude's Hill; on detached service 09-00-1864 with Maj. George Douglas Mercer Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 4/9/1865 Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 722 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 700 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Moved to Mo. and N. Y.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Canon City Colorado age 66 Date of Death: 4/3/1899 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Confederate Veterans Home Cemetery, Canon City Colorado Epitaph: |