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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:31715).
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Name: John Carter Rutherford Birth Place: Edinburg Shenandoah Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Mail Carrier, Burkes Mill District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/31/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Cpl. Company: F Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 1st Cpl. 02-01-1863 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Enl. as Pvt.; present 11-00-1861 to 01-00-1862; absent sick 02-05-1862 to 02-28-1862; present 03-00-1862, 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; present 08-31-1862 to 02-18-1863; absent on leave 02-19-1863; present 04-00-1863 to 12-00-1863; present 03-00-1864, 04-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 970 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 965 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer Berryville Clarke Co. 1890
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 2/21/1923 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Mt. Hebron Church Cemetery Winchester Epitaph: |