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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:30950).
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Name: John Alexander Fauver Birth Place: Parnassus Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 20, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/31/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 1st Cpl. Company: F Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Elected 2nd Lt. 05-01-1862; elected 1st Lt. 08-11-1862; commanding regt. 02-28-1865 as Brevet Capt. Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; present 05-01-1862 to 12-31-1862; commanding Co. 12-31-1862 and 02-28-1863; present 06-00-1863 to 12-00-1863; present 03-00-1864 to 06-00-1864; returned to duty 01-28-1865; present Ft. Stedman, Sailor's Creek Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Ball left in shoulder four years before being removed; surrendered Appomattox 04-09-65 |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Carters Farm, near Winchester - 7/20/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 529 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 524 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer in Augusta Co. 4 years; railroad builder in Virginia and W. Va. until 1875; 1910 Census, Grocer and Orchardist, Staunton; member Stonewall Jackson Camp C. V. Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Staunton Date of Death: 6/1/1920 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Epitaph: |