Name: Jacob Cox
Birth Place: Rockbridge Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
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Date of Enlistment: 7/16/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: I
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; present 01-00-1863 to 04-00-1863; absent wounded 07-04-1863 to 07-10-1863; present 11-00-1863, 12-00-1863
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Notes: Issued clothing 03-16-64, 04-01-64, 04-22-64, 04-29-64
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Wounded in Action: Gettysburg, back - 7/3/1863
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 29, Fishersville Post Office, Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Near Old Providence Presbyterian Church
Date of Death: 1/2/1887
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Burial Place: Old Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery
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