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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:32112).
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Name: John Andrew Stuart Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Virginia Military Institute 1865 |
Date of Enlistment: // Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Drillmaster Company: Field and Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Served as Drillmaster, Richmond 04-00-1861 to 06-00-1861; Orderly Sgt., Co. C Cadet Bn. at New Market; rejoined Cadet Corps in Richmond 10-00-1864 and remained until disbanded 04-00-1865 Muster Sheet: Served until 02-00-1862 when he returned to Virginia Military Institute Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Not on muster rolls |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Right leg, - 5/15/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 710 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 686 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Moved to Missouri 1866 and farmed 3 years; returned to Va. and farmed at Ladd Augusta Co.; moved to Lowery Bedford Co.; farmer, teacher, constable, magistrate, member of state Board of Agriculture
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Lowery Date of Death: 2/13/1908 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |