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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:3218).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: John Kelley Birth Place: Scotland Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Marble Cutter, age 38, Staunton |
Date of Enlistment: 4/28/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: C Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Sent to Staunton after being wounded at Manassas; returned 04-00-1863; returned 10-00-1863 after being wounded at Winchester; in hosp. Richmond debility and as paroled prisoner 09-23-1864; furloughed to Augusta Co. Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Manassas; Winchester 06-14-1863 - 7/21/1861 Hospital: Debility, hosp. at Richmond 09-23-1864 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 41 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 41 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Marble Cutter, age 50, Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Staunton age 54 Date of Death: 7/9/1871 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Epitaph: |