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Name: Alexander Negus Jr. Breckinridge
Birth Place: Staunton
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:Attended VMI and Gettysburg College, Pa.; Surveyor, Pacific Coast and Paymaster's Clerk, US Army;
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Date of Enlistment: 7/11/1861
Place of Enlistment: Camp Clark Texas
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: 2nd Lt.
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Regiment: Staunton Artillery
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Promotions: Elected Jr. 2nd Lt., 12-28-1862
Transfers and Other Service:Enlisted in Co. F 4th Texas Inf. At Camp Clark, Texas 07-11-1861 As Pvt.; Came from Texas with Gen. Longstreet; Transferred to Staunton Arty. 04-01-1862 As Pvt.
Muster Sheet: Transferred to Staunton Arty. As Pvt. 04-01-1862; Present through 04-26-1862; Present through 04-00-1864; Present, suspended from duty by CM 03-05-1864; Present through 10-00-1864; Absent, on leave 02-28-1865
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Paroled: 4/11/1865
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Wounded in Action: Sailor's Creek, lost right arm - 4/6/1865
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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Postwar Life: Steward, Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum, Staunton, 15 years; Fammer Montsville, Loudon Co. 00-00-85; Civil Service Employee, Washington D.C.; Member Confederate Veterans Assn., Washington D.C.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Washington D.C.
Date of Death: 4/22/1895
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Burial Place: Ascension Church Cemetery
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