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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:3323).
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Name: John Sinclair Lipscomb Birth Place: Madison Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmer, age 23, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: L Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Appointed Sgt. and acting Sgt. Maj. 06-00-1861 serving until 08-22-1861 after which he was reduced to Pvt.; prom. to 1st Sgt.; to 2nd Lt. 11-25-1864 Transfers and Other Service:Transf. as Pvt. 03-08-1863 to Co. B 52nd Regt. Va. Inf. Muster Sheet: Present 04-30-1863 to 12-00-1863; returned to duty 08-20-1864; present 08-20-1864 to 12-31-1864; commanding Co. 05-19-1864, 11-25-1864, 02-06-1865 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/22/1865 Notes: Issued clothing 01-28-64, 04-21-64, 04-28-64 |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Spotsylvania Courthouse, side; Petersburg - 5/19/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1430 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1456 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Superintendent of Staunton gas works and merchant; insurance agent in Charlottesville 1907
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Bristol Date of Death: 8/2/1907 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Staunton Epitaph: |