Name: John B. Harshbarger
Birth Place: Augusta Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:
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Date of Enlistment: 7/31/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: F
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Promotions: To 4th Cpl. 00-00-1864
Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as wagoner 11-00-1861, 12-00-1861; detailed as teamster 08-31-1862 to 02-00-1863
Muster Sheet: Present 01-00-1862 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; present 04-30-1863 to 12-00-1863
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Wounded in Action: Bethesda Church - 5/30/1864
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
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Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 28, Mt. Sidney Post Office, Augusta Co.; living in Georgia 1900
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place:
Date of Death: 2/22/1922
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Burial Place: Mossy Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery
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