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:33888).

Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Joseph McC. Kennedy

Birth Place: Virginia

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:1860 Census-Farmhand, 6th District Rockbridge Co.

Date of Enlistment: 5/15/1862

Place of Enlistment: Churchville

Age at Enlistment:

Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

Conscript or Substitute:

Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Pvt.

Company: C

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 14th Va. Cav.

Promotions:

Transfers and Other Service:Listed as Pvt. Co. F, 14th Va. Cav. at surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

Muster Sheet:

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Prison:

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Deserted:

Discharge:

Paroled: //

Notes: Surrendered Appomattox Courthouse as Pvt. Co. F, 14th Va. Cav. 04-09-1865

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: Farmer, Augusta Co. obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place:

Date of Death: 3/1/1907

Cause of Death:

Burial Place: St. Michaels Church Cemetery

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