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Please cite results as coming from: County, , Soldiers Records Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia (valley.lib.virginia.edu/dossier_record?q=db:dossiers_augusta AND id_num:31412).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: John J. Martin Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Carpenter, age 37, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 3/2/1864 Place of Enlistment: Albemarle Co. Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: B Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Exempt as Ironworker 03-24-1862 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Issued clothing 04-01-64, 04-27-64, 08-11-64; listed on rolls Co. A Ward's Bn. C. S. Prisoners 07-00-64 Lynchburg, pardoned by President for participation |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Ft. Stedman, through left thigh, while charging an enemy battery - 3/25/1865 Hospital: Hosp. Harrisonburg 09-20-1864; hosp. Charlottesville 11-08-1864 to 11-04-1865 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1461 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1488 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Carpenter, age 46, 1st District, Augusta Co.; living Dutch Creek Nelson Co. 01-00-84
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 12/15/1904 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery Ladd Augusta Co. Epitaph: |