Soldiers Records

From Compiled Military Service Records at National Archives

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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:3209).

Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Jacob H. Keiser

Birth Place: Rockingham Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:1860 Census, Painter, age 26, Northern District, Augusta Co.

Date of Enlistment: 4/19/1861

Place of Enlistment: Fishersville

Age at Enlistment:

Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

Conscript or Substitute:

Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Pvt.

Company: H

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.

Promotions: Elected 2nd Lt. 07-16-1861; to 1st Lt. 04-12-1862

Transfers and Other Service:

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Paroled: //

Notes: One of four brothers in Co. H. . . .was among the first of Augusta's noble sons, who repaired in April [1861] to Harpers Ferry. . .

Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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Killed in Action:

Wounded in Action: Gettysburg - 7/3/1863

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Died of Wounds:

Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

Family Number from 1860 census: 1746 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1741 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Postwar Life: obituary states he was a sharpshooter

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Date of Death: //

Cause of Death:

Burial Place: Reburied Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery postwar

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