Soldiers Records

From Compiled Military Service Records at National Archives

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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:33598).

Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: John Pilson McClure

Birth Place: Augusta Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:Farmer, 1st Dist. Augusta Co. 1860 census

Date of Enlistment: 5/14/1862

Place of Enlistment: Churchville

Age at Enlistment:

Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Pvt.

Company: H

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 14th Va. Cav.

Promotions:

Transfers and Other Service:Transferred to Co. B, 23rd Va. Cav.; Wounded accidentally and died 01-03-1865

Muster Sheet: Absent, with baggage 09-00-1862 through 10-00-1862; Present, Piedmont, 06-05-1864, and horse was wounded; Captured several prisoners near Staunton; Served as scout on Hunter's move toward Lexington and entered enemy camp; Charged into Lexington and captured several more men; Transferred to Co. B, 23rd Va. Cav.

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Paroled: //

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Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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Killed in Action:

Wounded in Action: Wounded accidentally and died - 1/3/1865

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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

Family Number from 1860 census: 774 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 761 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Postwar Life: obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place:

Date of Death: 1/3/1865

Cause of Death:

Burial Place: Bethel Presb. Ch. Cem., Augusta Co.

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