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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:32699).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: John O. Pilson Birth Place: Va. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Student, age 18, 1st Dist. Augusta Co. 1860 census |
Date of Enlistment: 5/27/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 25th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 3rd Cpl. and 2nd Sgt. Transfers and Other Service:Pres. with Invalid Corps through 12-31-1864 Muster Sheet: Ab. wounded through 02-28-1863; pres., 11-00-1863 to 04-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Sharpsburg,Spotsylvania C.H., lost leg, 05-12-1864 - 9/17/1862 Hospital: Ab. wounded in Staunton hospital until retired to Invalid Corps, 10-31-1864 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 942 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 932 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Red Sulphur Springs Date of Death: 8/30/1871 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Pilson Cem., Augusta Co. Epitaph: |