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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:30570).
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Name: John Coiner Barger Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmer, age 36, Burkes Mill District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 8/2/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: G Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-30-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862 as non-conscript over 35; present 05-01-1862 to 08-31-1862; present 12-11-1862; court-martialed and acquitted 02-12-1863; present 01-00-1863 to 12-00-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Bethesda Church, gunshot wound right thigh and left arm - 5/30/1864 Hospital: Admitted to Armory Square USA General Hospital Washington D. C. 06-12-1864, right thigh amputated Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1475 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1470 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 6/14/1864 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Washington D. C. (incorrectly listed as 2nd Va.); removed to Lutheran Church Cemetery Augusta Co. Epitaph: |