Name: John A. J. Jenkins
Birth Place: Near Natural Bridge Rockbridge Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmer, age 32, Natural Bridge District, 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
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; present 06-00-1862 to 10-00-1862; present 01-00-1863 to 12-00-1863; absent wounded through 10-31-1864; present 11-00-1864, 12-00-1864
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Notes: Injured by fall from High Bridge near Farmville 04-07-65; surrendered Appomattox 04-09-65
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Died of Disease:
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Wounded in Action: McDowell, hip; Cross Keys 06-08-1862; Middletown 07-15-1864 - 5/8/1862
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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Postwar Life: Farmer Fancy Hill Rockbridge Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place:
Date of Death: 2/27/1897
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Burial Place: Natural Bridge Baptist Church Cemetery
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