Name: John T. Hunter
Birth Place: Augusta Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:Farmhand Augusta Co.
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Date of Enlistment: 7/15/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
Conscript or Substitute:
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: A
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Promotions:
Transfers and Other Service:Enl. Capt. McNeill's Co. 18th Va. Cav.
Muster Sheet: Absent sick 11-07-1861 to 02-25-1862; present 02-26-1862 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862
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Died of Disease:
Killed in Action:
Wounded in Action: Port Republic, leg - 6/9/1862
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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, Farmhand, age 30, Mt. Sidney Post Office, Augusta Co.; farmer and merchant Spring Hill Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place:
Date of Death: 8/18/1893
Cause of Death:
Burial Place: Old Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery, 3 miles west of Mt. Sidney
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