Soldiers Records

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Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia
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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Jacob Alexander Hanger

Birth Place: Augusta Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:

Date of Enlistment: 4/19/1861

Place of Enlistment: Churchville

Age at Enlistment:

Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

Conscript or Substitute:

Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: 2nd Cpl.

Company: I

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 14th Va. Cav.

Promotions:

Transfers and Other Service:To Musician; Paroled as Pvt.

Muster Sheet: Present 07-00-1861 through 08-00-1861; Present 03-00-1862 through 04-00-1862; Reenlisted 05-13-1862; Present 09-00-1862 through 02-28-1863; Present 03-00-1863 through 04-00-1863; Detailed in Regimental Band 04-01-1863; Present as Musician 02-29-1863 through 08-31-1863

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Prison:

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Deserted:

Discharge:

Paroled: 5/22/1865

Notes:

Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

Died of Disease:

Killed in Action:

Wounded in Action: - //

Hospital:

Died of Wounds:

Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Dwelling Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Postwar Life: Laborer, Summerdean, Augusta Co. 1870 census; Miller, Churchville, 00-00-79; Hardware Merchant, Staunton; Member, Stonewall Jackson Camp, CV, Staunton obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: "Edge Rock", Near Staunton

Date of Death: 2/16/1916

Cause of Death:

Burial Place: Green Hill Cem., near Churchville

Epitaph:

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