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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:29849).
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Name: John W. Bryan Birth Place: Rockingham Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Moved to Augusta Co. as a child; Clerk in Powell and Blackley's Store, Staunton, 00-00-61 |
Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 3rd Sgt. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: Staunton Artillery |
Promotions: Promoted Cpl; Promoted 5th Sgt. And detailed by Gen. Lee to enlist recruits for Co.; To 3rd Sgt. Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Enlisted 08-05-1861 As Artificer (saddle and harnessmaker); Present through 08-31-1862; Present 11-00-1862 Through 08-00-1863; Present 09-00-1863 Through 04-00-1864 As 3rd Sgt.; In hosp. In Staunton after wounding at Spotsylvania C.H. 05-10-1864 Until end of war Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Spotsylvania C.H., minie ball wound to hip and shell wound which tore half of calf off left leg - 5/10/1864 Hospital: In hosp. At Staunton from wounds sustained at Spotsylvania C.H. 05-10-1864 Until end of war Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1134 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1133 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Merchant and Harnessmaker, Parnassas 00-00-65 Through 00-00-73; Grocer, coal and lumber dealer, Staunton 00-00-73; Overseer for the Poor, Staunton 00-00-85 Through 00-00-96; Member, Stonewall Jackson Camp., C.V., Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 5/29/1899 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Epitaph: |