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Name: John Theodore Long
Birth Place: Staunton
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:Served in U.S. army on frontier; Returned to Va.
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Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: Pvt.
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Regiment: Staunton Artillery
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Promotions: Appointed artificer 09-01-1861
Transfers and Other Service:Detailed by Sec. Of War to Richmond Arsenal to manufacture ammunition 09-00-1862 Through 02-28-1865; Attached to Scruggs Inf. Local Defense Troops, Richmond, and was present at Yellow Tavern when Gen. JEB Stuart was mortally wounded
Muster Sheet: Present through 08-31-1861; Present through 08-31-1862;
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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Postwar Life: Iron Moulder, Staunton 1870 census; Manager, Staunton Water and Gas Works; Chief Engineer, Staunton Military Academy; Member, Stonewall Jackson Camp, CV; Entered Old Soldiers Home, Richmond, dismissed 11-03-11
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Staunton
Date of Death: 3/19/1913
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Burial Place: Thornrose Cem.
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