Name: Lewis J. M. Hostetter
Birth Place: Virginia
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 22, Collierstown Post Office, Rockbridge Co.
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Date of Enlistment: 8/1/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: E
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Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; present 05-01-1862 to 06-30-1862; absent sick 07-01-1862 to 12-00-1863
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Notes: Deserted from his home in Rockbridge Co. where he had been permitted to go sick by Surgeon of hospital; reported by Capt. Rogers, Enrolling Officer of Rockbridge Co., as having gone to the enemy, date unknown; no federal records
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Laborer, age 29, Buffalo District, Rockbridge Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Collierstown
Date of Death: 12/8/1880
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