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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:31091).
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Name: John Edward Hamilton Birth Place: Brands Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Laborer, age 22, 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: 1st Sgt. Company: G Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Elected 3rd Lt. 05-01-1862; to 2nd Lt.; to 1st Lt. 12-02-1864 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; absent on leave 05-01-1862 to 08-31-1862; absent sick 09-00-1862, 10-00-1862; present 11-00-1862 to 02-27-1863; absent sick 02-28-1863 to 04-00-1863; present 04-30-1863 to 05-00-1864; absent sick with dysentery 06-12-1864 to 06-30-1864; present 11-00-1864, 12-00-1864; absent on leave 01-19-1865 to 01-28-1865 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/1/1865 Notes: Unofficial report indicates he commanded Bn. Sharpshooter last 2 years of war and was present Appomattox but escaped |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Bethesda Church, shoulder - 5/30/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1691 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1686 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 32, Mt. Sidney Post Office, Augusta Co.; Stockraiser, land assessor, and county treasurer in Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Brands Date of Death: 7/22/1889 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church Epitaph: |