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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:30564).
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Name: John Brown Baldwin Birth Place: Spring Farm near Staunton Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Graduate Staunton Academy; graduate University of Virginia 1838; lawyer Staunton; Speaker in Virginia House of Delegates 1848-1861; member University of Virginia Board of Visitors 1856-1864; member State Convention 1861; sent by Convention to visit President Lincoln; appointed Inspector General of State Forces by Governor Letcher |
Date of Enlistment: 8/19/1861 Place of Enlistment: Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Col. Company: Field and Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Not reelected Col. 05-01-1862 Transfers and Other Service:Capt. of Staunton Light Infantry and Co. of Militia; member Confederate Congress 00-00-1862 to 00-00-1865; Col. of Reserves in Augusta Co. and commanded the Augusta Raid Guard 00-00-1863 Muster Sheet: Health broken at Allegheny Mt. Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: of striking physique, tall and well proportioned. A man remarkable for the purity and integrity of his character both in public and private life. No man ever enjoyed a larger share of the confidence and affection of his fellow citizens. . . As a man of intellect, he was almost unrivaled. His talents were of the most varied character. As a logical reasoned, he had no superior in the State. |
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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: 417 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 370 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Member of Virginia Legislature 1865-1867; organizer of Augusta Co. Fair, later called Baldwin Co. Fair in his honor; attorney for Valley Railroad; superintendent of Elections 1870
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Staunton Date of Death: 9/30/1873 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Epitaph: |