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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:34045).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: Jacob "Jack" Ramsey Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, age 21, Laborer, 1st District Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/18/1861 Place of Enlistment: Greenville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Cpl. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Promoted Cpl. 12-20-1862 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Enlisted as Pvt. 04-18-1861 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Upon release from Ft. Delaware described as 5'8", ruddy complexion, light hair, blue eyes |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Winchester, knee - 6/13/1863 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 959 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 949 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census-Farmhand, Craigsville P.O., Augusta Co.; Receiving Pension Steele's Tavern, Rockbridge Co. 00-00-1902; Laborer, Waynesboro 00-00-1909; Member, Stonewall Jackson Camp, CV, Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: //1916 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rockbridge Co. Epitaph: |