Name: Robert Orestes Kerr
Birth Place: Augusta Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:
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Date of Enlistment: 5/22/1861
Place of Enlistment: Bolivar
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
Conscript or Substitute:
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: D
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.
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Promotions: To Sgt. 00-00-1862; reduced to Pvt. 06-00-1863
Transfers and Other Service:Assigned to conscript duty Staunton; detailed on QM duty Lynchburg 10-00-1863
Muster Sheet: Unfit for field duty 06-00-1863; never returned to Co. from QM duty; On duty impressing horses and tax in kind at Huntersville, N.C. when Lee surrendered
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Died of Disease:
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Wounded in Action: Manassas - 8/28/1862
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
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Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmhand, age 31, Riverheads District, Augusta Co. Moved to Williamson Co. Tex. 1882; living at Flatonia Tex. 1893; School Teacher; Resident of Williamson Co., Tex. 00-00-14; Entered Old Soldiers' Home, Austin, Texas 08-16-10;
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place:
Date of Death: 4/23/1931
Cause of Death:
Burial Place: Texas State Cemetery, Austin
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