Name: Alexander P. Grover
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Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
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Date of Enlistment: 4/1/1862
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: Musician
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Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.
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Muster Sheet: Last muster 10-00-1864; Surrendered at Appomattox CH 04-09-1865
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Paroled: 4/9/1865
Notes: Chief Musician Price Barnitz, in his reminiscences, listed Grover as a cymbalist, but he played the bass drum also
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Hospital: Sick, hosp. at 10-01-1862 to 02-00-1863
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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Postwar Life: Grover was not an active member of the band after the war but was carried on the roster as an ex-member in 1896; residing in Frederick Co. 1895
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
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