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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:2427).
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Name: John W. Buchanan Birth Place: Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Pvt., Southern Guard 1860 |
Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861 Place of Enlistment: Augusta Co. Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as Wagoner 12-01-1861; nurse at Lovingston hosp. Winchester 08-16-1862; detailed to make coffins; detailed to hosp. in Lynchburg 03-07-1863; on extra duty at hosp. as carpenter 00-00-1864 Muster Sheet: Mustered in at Bolivar 05-25-1861; dropped from rolls 11-11-1862 but picked up again Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Spotsylvania, left thigh - 5/12/1864 Hospital: Sent to hosp. 01-28-1862 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1196 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1198 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Living in Nelson Co. 1893
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |