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Name: John Paxton Kidd
Birth Place: Near Alexandria
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:1860 Census, Miller, age 32, Glenwood District, Rockbridge Co.
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Date of Enlistment: 8/1/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
Conscript or Substitute:
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: E
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Promotions:
Transfers and Other Service:
Muster Sheet: Absent on leave 11-00-1861, 12-00-1861; present 01-00-1862 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; absent on leave 05-01-1862 to 10-31-1862; present 01-00-1863 to 12-00-1863; absent wounded through 12-31-1864
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Died of Disease:
Killed in Action:
Wounded in Action: Bethesda Church, arm, bone shattered just below elbow - 5/30/1864
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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)
Dwelling Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Laborer, age 41, Natural Bridge District, Rockbridge Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Gilmore's Mill Rockbridge Co.
Date of Death: 10/9/1902
Cause of Death:
Burial Place: Natural Bridge Baptist Church Cemetery
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