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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:34179).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: John Estill Waddell Birth Place: Waynesboro Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Attended University of Virginia 00-00-1855 To 00-00-1856; Merchant, Christiansburg; Teacher, Waynesboro; 1860 Census, School Teacher, age 25, Northern District Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 5/27/1861 Place of Enlistment: Richmond Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Hospital Steward Company: 3rd Transfer Company: Regiment: Richmond Howitzers |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Appointed Hospital Steward, 1st Va. Arty. 00-00-1863 To 00-00-1864 Muster Sheet: Detailed in Staunton Hospital 00-00-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Listed as "Estile Waddell" on 1860 Census |
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: 1941 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1936 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Druggist, Waynesboro
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 5/5/1914 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Riverview Cemetery, Waynesboro Epitaph: |