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Name: John L. McCray
Birth Place: Virginia
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 26, Walker's Creek District, Rockbridge Co.
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Date of Enlistment: 8/2/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
Conscript or Substitute:
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Rank: 4th Cpl.
Company: G
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Promotions:
Transfers and Other Service:
Muster Sheet: Absent sick 12-14-1861 to 03-04-1862; present 03-05-1862 to 04-00-1862; present 12-09-1862 as 2nd Cpl.; 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: Spotsylvania Courthouse, face and eyes - 5/12/1864
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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)
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Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Near Kindig's School House Augusta Co. age about 36
Date of Death: 2/15/1869
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