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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:32105).
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Name: John Hatch Stover Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Student, age 18, Northern District, Augusta Co.; attended Hotchkiss Academy Churchville |
Date of Enlistment: 8/31/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: F Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 2nd Cpl. 01-28-1862; elected 1st Sgt. Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 02-00-1862; present 03-00-1862, 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; present 08-31-1862 to 00-00-1863; present 04-00-1863 to 08-31-1863; present 09-00-1863 to 12-00-1863; absent on leave 12-24-1863 to 01-08-1864; commanding Co. 04-30-1864 to 05-06-1864; commanding Co. 06-00-1864 to 10-00-1864; commanding Co. 11-08-1864 to 01-08-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Wilderness, bowels; Cedar Creek 10-19-1864; Ft. Stedman, thigh 03-25-1865 - 5/6/1864 Hospital: Hosp. Richmond, admitted 03-26-1865 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 557 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 552 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Commissioner of Revenue, age 28, Mt. Sidney Post Office, Augusta Co.; teacher, notary public, farmer and stockraiser, New Hope 1885
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Churchville Date of Death: 2/19/1907 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Green Hill Cemetery Epitaph: |