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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:2667).
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Name: John J. Dempster Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmer, age 24, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/18/1861 Place of Enlistment: Greenville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Appointed Sgt. 09-05-1861; to 2nd Lt. 02-04-1863 "For Distinguished Valor and Skill"; to 1st Lt. 05-02-1863; to Capt. 12-16-1863 Transfers and Other Service:Assigned to Va. Reserves upon retirement Muster Sheet: Returned 12-00-1862 from being wounded at Port Republic; returned 06-23-1864 from being wounded on 05-26-1864; retired 01-11-1865 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Port Republic; head 05-26-1864 - 6/9/1862 Hospital: Sick, hosp. at Staunton 06-00-1863 to 12-00-1863; wounded, Jackson Hospital Richmond after 05-26-1864 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 787 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 774 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 36, Riverheads District, Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Greenville Date of Death: 5/31/1877 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |