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Name: John Doak Lilley Birth Place: Greenville Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Surveyor, age 19, 1st District, Staunton; Virginia Military Institute 1864 |
Date of Enlistment: 7/23/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 1st Lt. Company: H Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To Capt. 11-23-1861; reelected 05-01-1862; elected Maj. 12-19-1863; to Lt. Col. 11-00-1864 Transfers and Other Service:Drillmaster Richmond 04-00-1861 to 06-00-1861; detailed as Enrolling Officer Lexington until 09-00-1863; member General Court-martial 01-00-1864 to 05-00-1864; detailed on General Court-martial until 10-00-1864; commanding brig. 10-27-1864 to 10-30-1864, 11-30-1864 Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; present 05-01-1862 to 09-29-1862; present 11-00-1863, 12-00-1863; present 05-00-1864 to 05-19-1864; present 10-19-1864 until hand and arm crushed while building fortifications 10-28-1864; granted 20 days leave 02-24-1865; present Waynesboro with Gen. Early 03-05-1865 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/23/1865 Notes: Assisted in burial of Gen. Jackson; recommended for promotion to Lt. Col. By Col. Hoffman, Commanding Pegram's Brig. 10-27-64. He is the next senior officer in the regiment, and entirely competent to the position. I therefore recommend that he be appointed Lt. Col. Of the Rgt. . . . Present Waynesboro with Gen. Early 03-05-65 and escaped; started for Lynchburg 04-00-65 with arm still in sling and met soldiers from Lee's Army who had surrendered |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: 2nd Manassas, left thigh and arm; near Spotsylvania Courthouse, left arm and leg, right hand lost two fingers 05-19-1864; Hatcher's Run, arm 02-08-1865 - 8/29/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 109 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 107 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Colonel Virginia Militia 1876; farmer, county surveyor, school board member Augusta Co.; member Stonewall Jackson Camp C. V. Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: "Buffalo Hill" near Greenville Date of Death: 6/13/1913 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |