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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:30729).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: John David Chandler Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 16, Waynesboro, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/15/1861 Place of Enlistment: Waynesboro Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: B Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; present 02-27-1864; court-martial 03-07-1864; absent in arrest at div. guard 11-00-1864, 12-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Surrendered Appomattox 04-09-65 |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Spotsylvania, shoulder - 5/12/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1788 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1783 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer near Waynesboro
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Waynesboro Date of Death: 11/10/1917 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Zion Church Cemetery Epitaph: |