Soldiers Records

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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: John Livingston "Livy." Massie

Birth Place: Waynesboro

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:Graduated Washington College 00-00-1858; L.L.D. 00-00-1860; Lawyer, Charlottesville

Date of Enlistment: 5/15/1861

Place of Enlistment: Harpers Ferry

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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: 6th Sgt.

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Regiment: 1st Rockbridge Arty.

Promotions: Appointed 7th Sgt., 1st Rockbridge Arty. 08-20-1861; Appointed 6th Sgt., 1st Rockbridge Arty. 09-03-1861; Appointed Adjutant, Maj., William Nelson's Btn. Va. Arty. 03-15-1862; Elected 2nd Lt., Fluvanna Arty. 05-10-1862; Promoted 1st Lt., Fluvanna Arty. 04-27-1863; Promoted Capt., Fluvanna Arty.

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Muster Sheet: Enlisted 1st Rockbridge Arty. as Pvt. 05-15-1861; Absent on Leave for 34 days 02-07-1862; Discharged 03-15-1862

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Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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Wounded in Action: Near Fisher's Hill - 9/23/1864

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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

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Postwar Life: obituary states he was a sharpshooter

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Burial Place: Family Cemetery on Rt. 634, Albemarle Co.

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