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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:30792).
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Name: John D. Cooke Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 16, Burkes Mill District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/16/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 4th Cpl. 00-00-1864; to 3rd Cpl. 08-30-1864 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 07-16-1861 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; present 05-01-1862 to 08-31-1862; absent on leave 02-19-1863 to 03-05-1863; present 03-06-1863 to 12-31-1863; furloughed for 30 days 03-06-1865; returned to duty 03-16-1865; retired for disability by Surgeons of Early's div. 03-24-1865 age 22 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 4/15/1865 Notes: Issued clothing 03-31-64, 04-21-64, 06-16-64 |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Winchester, gunshot wound back of head, fractured of occiput and ball entered the brain - 9/19/1864 Hospital: Sent to USA hosp., West Building, Baltimore age 22; hosp. Richmond 02-26-1865; readmitted to hosp. Richmond 03-09-1865 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 674 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 669 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Resident of Ft. Defiance 1888
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |