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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:27157).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: John Samuel Kerr Birth Place: New Hope Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 census listed occupation as farmhand, 1st District Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/19/1861 Place of Enlistment: Waynesboro Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 1st Va. Cav. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Went with Mosby on his first scout. Muster Sheet: Present through 6-64. Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/1/1865 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: 1356 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1351 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 census listed occupation as farmer, 2nd District Augusta Co. Farmer, Laurel Hill. Member, Stonewall Jackson Camp, CV, Staunton.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: near Staunton Date of Death: 11/18/1920 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Laurel Hill Baptist Church Cemetery Epitaph: |