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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:32135).
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Name: John M. Taliferro Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Carpenter, age 38, Burkes Mill District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/29/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: B Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as Wagoner Augusta Co. 09-10-1861 to 02-00-1862 Muster Sheet: Present 08-13-1862 to 08-31-1862; requested artificial leg from Hanger Brothers, Staunton 11-26-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Sharpsburg, ankle, leg amputated below knee - 9/17/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 798 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 793 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Carpenter, age 48, 6th District, Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Jennings Gap Augusta Co. Date of Death: 12/12/1896 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |