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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:33538).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: John Lyon Hill Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Student, Northern Dist., Augusta Co. 1860 census |
Date of Enlistment: 4/9/1861 Place of Enlistment: Churchville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: 5th Sgt. Company: I Transfer Company: Regiment: 14th Va. Cav. |
Promotions: To 5th Sgt.; To 4th Sgt.; To 1st Sgt.; To 3rd Lt. 09-11-1864 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 07-00-1861 through 08-00-1861; Present 03-00-1862 through 04-00-1862 as 4th Sgt.; Present 09-00-1862 through 04-30-1863; Present 12-31-1863 through 08-31-1864 as 1st Sgt.; Present 12-00-1864 through 01-13-1865; Present 04-07-1865 through 04-09-1865 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/20/1865 Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Waynesboro - 3/1/1865 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 791 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 786 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer and School Teacher, Dayton, Rockingham Co. and Jennings Gap, Augusta Co.; Member, Stonewall Jackson Camp, CV, Staunton; Surveyor, Howard Co., Md.; Admitted Old Soldiers' Home, Pikesville Md. 06-07-96; Dismissed
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Near Summerdean, Augusta Co. Date of Death: 2/27/1909 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Bethel Presb. Ch. Cem. Epitaph: |