Soldiers Records

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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
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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Jacob J. Rohr

Birth Place: Harrisonburg

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:Moved to Augusta Co. 00-00-43; Came to Staunton 00-00-56

Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861

Place of Enlistment: Staunton

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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Artificer

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Regiment: Staunton Artillery

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Transfers and Other Service:Enlisted in Local Defense Co., Staunton 08-14-1863; Served as Butcher for Confederate Army to the end of the war

Muster Sheet: Present on duty as Farrier and Forage and Stablemaster 07-01-1861 Through 08-31-1861; Present, on duty gathering forage in adjacent counties 09-00-1861 Through 11-17-1861; Present 11-18-1861 Until discharge for overage 07-17-1862;

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Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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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)

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Postwar Life: Brickmason, Staunton 1870 census obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Staunton

Date of Death: 2/12/1908

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Burial Place: Thornrose Cem

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