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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:3319).
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Name: John Samuel Lightner Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmer, age 20, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/18/1861 Place of Enlistment: Greenville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To Sgt. 04-18-1862 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Returned 10-00-1862 after being wounded at Sharpsburg; returned 10-00-1864 from being wounded at Payne's Farm Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Lay on the battlefield 24 hours before his wound was dressed. A Yankee surgeon removed 2 of his ribs and saved his life. Placed on Roll of Honor for conduct at Payne's Farm; see G. O. No. 64 A&IGO Richmond Va. 08-10-64 in O. R. Armies, Ser. I, XXIX, pt. 1, p. 908 |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Sharpsburg, Md.; Payne's Farm, severely in breast and through a lung 11-27-1863 - 9/17/1862 Hospital: Sent to hosp. at Greenville after being wounded at Payne's Farm Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 777 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 764 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 30, Riverheads District, Augusta Co. Membership application for Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25 C. V. Staunton 12-23-03; farmer in Greenville
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 1/26/1916 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Bethel Church Cemetery Augusta Co. Epitaph: |