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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:30332).
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Name: John Alexander "Old John" Harman Birth Place: Near Waynesboro Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Butcher, age 26, Augusta Co. 1850 census; Member, Texas Rangers; Farmer, age 36, Northern Dist. Augusta Co. 1860 census; Newspaper Editor, and Stage Line Owner, Staunton |
Date of Enlistment: // Place of Enlistment: Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Promotions: To Maj., 07-00-1861 Transfers and Other Service:Major of Augusta Co. Militia and went with them to Harpers Ferry, 04-00-1861 as Brigade Quartermaster; assigned to Jackson's staff as Capt. and QM, 06-00-1861; Chief Quartermaster for Gen.'s Jackson, Ewell and Early Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1595 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1590 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer, age 46, 2nd Dist. Augusta Co. 1870 census; Cattle Farmer, Bell Fonte near Staunton; Manager, Rockbridge Baths; Appointed Postmaster of Staunton by President Grant
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 7/9/1874 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cem. Epitaph: |