Soldiers Records

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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
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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Jacob W. Rosen

Birth Place: Augusta Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:

Date of Enlistment: 7/16/1861

Place of Enlistment: Staunton

Age at Enlistment:

Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Pvt.

Company: I

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.

Promotions:

Transfers and Other Service:Pvt. Co. E 93rd Va. Militia

Muster Sheet: Absent sick 11-00-1861 to 02-01-1862; present 02-13-1862 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; present 08-30-1862 to 10-31-1862; absent on leave 02-19-1863 to 02-28-1863; present 03-00-1863, 04-00-1863; absent wounded through 12-31-1864

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Discharge:

Paroled: 5/17/1865

Notes: Obituary states, detailed in ambulance corps the duty of which often times called him into the thickest and hottest of the battle. Like a hero he served at his post ever faithfully, when at last in the fight . . . a piece of the enemies shell penetrated his jawbone, from the effects of which he never entirely recovered. Surrendered Appomattox 04-09-65

Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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Killed in Action:

Wounded in Action: Fredericksburg, face and jaw broken - 5/5/1863

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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, Carpenter, age 42, 1st District, Augusta Co.; farmer Augusta Co. obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Near Mint Spring

Date of Death: 11/3/1878

Cause of Death:

Burial Place: St. John's Reformed Church Cemetery

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