Name: John Marshall Kesterson
Birth Place: Augusta Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:Carpenter Back Creek Bath Co.
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Date of Enlistment: 4/9/1862
Place of Enlistment: Shenandoah Mt.
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: K
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Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Muster Sheet: Present 04-09-1862 to 04-30-1862; present McDowell, Front Royal, Harrisonburg; present 11-12-1863; sent to wagons sick 06-08-1862; absent wounded through 12-31-1864
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Notes: He absented himself from the wagons and went home. He says he reported himself to Col. Harman in Staunton 11/62 and was placed in hospital guard without any lawful detail and received all his monthly pay due him. He was sent to the Regt. on the 3rd instant with a recommendation for hospital duty which was refused him. Issued clothing 04-01-64
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Wounded in Action: Charlestown - 9/21/1864
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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Postwar Life: Moved to Mercer Co. W. Va. and then to Radford; member G. C. Wharton Camp C. V. Radford
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Radford
Date of Death: 8/1/1917
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