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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:31442).
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Name: John Michael Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmer, age 45, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/16/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as wagoner 07-20-1862 Muster Sheet: Absent on leave 07-16-1861 to 10-31-1861; present 11-00-1861 to 03-00-1862; present 05-02-1862 to 08-31-1862; present in arrest 01-00-1863, 02-00-1863; absent in Castle Godwin Richmond, sentenced to 6 months labor with ball and chain and forfeiture of pay; present 04-30-1863 to 08-31-1863, pardoned by the President 08-01-1863; present 09-00-1863 to 12-00-1863; present 04-30-1864 to 12-31-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/1/1865 Notes: |
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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: 225 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 220 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census-Farmer, age 55, 2nd Dist. Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Long Glade Augusta Co. Date of Death: 10/27/1875 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Old Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery 3 miles west of Mt. Sidney Epitaph: |