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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:31205).
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Name: John Henry Jr. Huff Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, 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: Pvt. Company: G Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Absent on leave 05-01-1862 to 08-31-1862; present 11-00-1862 to 12-00-1863; absent wounded through 10-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Not on federal rolls |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - 7/15/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1161 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1156 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer in Augusta Co. 1870
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Augusta Co. Date of Death: 3/29/1902 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Pleasant Valley Church of the Brethren near Weyer's Cave Epitaph: |