Soldiers Records

From Compiled Military Service Records at National Archives

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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:30059).

Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: John Chapman Michie

Birth Place:

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:Lawyer

Date of Enlistment: 12/1/1861

Place of Enlistment: Staunton

Age at Enlistment:

Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Pvt.

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Transfer Company:

Regiment: Staunton Artillery

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Transfers and Other Service:Enlisted in Co. G, 5th Va. Inf. At Staunton 04-28-1861, age 30 as Sgt., discharged 11-07-1861

Muster Sheet: Present through 02-28-1863; Ensign, absent, detached to bring horses from Staunton 03-00-1863 Through 04-00-1863; Absent, in hosp. Staunton with sprained foot 06-15-1863 Through 06-30-1863; Present 07-00-1863 Through 11-00-1863; Absent, sick 11-22-1863 Through 02-28-1864; Present, 03-00-1864 Through 08-00-1864;

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Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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Killed in Action:

Wounded in Action: Bristoe Station, - 8/27/1862

Hospital: In hosp. Staunton with sprained foot, 06-15-1863 Through 06-30-1863; Died in Harrisonburg hosp. 10-11-1864

Died of Wounds:

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: obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Harrisonburg hosp.

Date of Death: 10/11/1864

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