Soldiers Records

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Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia
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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: John W. Butler

Birth Place: Near Brucetown, Frederick Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:

Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861

Place of Enlistment: Staunton

Age at Enlistment:

Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

Conscript or Substitute:

Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: 2nd Sgt.

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Transfer Company:

Regiment: Staunton Artillery

Promotions: Appointed 8th Sgt. And Chief of Piece 07-25-1861; Promoted to 5th Sgt. 04-22-1862; Promoted to 4th Sgt.; Promoted to 3rd Sgt.; Promoted to 2nd Sgt.

Transfers and Other Service:

Muster Sheet: Enlisted as Pvt.; Present through 08-00-1861; Present as Pvt. 09-00-1861 Through 04-16-1862; Present through 12-00-1862; Present 01-00-1863 Through 04-00-1863; Present 05-00-1863 Through 06-00-1863; Present 07-00-1863 Through 05-12-1864, wounded in right thigh, Spotsylvania C.H.; Absent, wounded through 08-00-1864; Present 09-00-1864 Through 02-28-1865

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Discharge:

Paroled: 5/22/1865

Notes:

Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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Killed in Action:

Wounded in Action: Spotsylvania C.H., right thigh - 5/12/1864

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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Dwelling Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Postwar Life: Farmer, Burnsville, Bath Co.; Member Stonewall Jackson Camp, C.V., Staunton obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Williamsville, Bath Co. age 77

Date of Death: 7/25/1915

Cause of Death:

Burial Place: Near Brucetown, Frederick Co.

Epitaph:

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