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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:31596).
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Name: John Freeman Parrish Birth Place: Staunton Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Grocer, age 21, Burkes Mill District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 8/2/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: G Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 3rd Cpl. 05-01-1862; reduced to Pvt. 07-20-1862; rank shown as 3rd Cpl. on 09-00-1862, 10-00-1862 roll; rank shown as 4th Sgt. on 11-00-1862, 12-00-1862 roll; rank shown as 3rd Sgt. 04-00-1863 roll; to Sgt. Maj. 09-16-1863 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; present 05-01-1862 to 08-31-1862; present 09-00-1862 to 04-00-1863; present 04-30-1863 to 12-00-1863; absent wounded through 10-31-1864; present 11-00-1864, 12-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Issued clothing in hosp. Staunton 12-14-64; surrendered Appomattox 04-09-65 |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Spotsylvania Courthouse, left thigh - 5/12/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1546 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1541 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 31, Mt. Sidney Post Office, Augusta Co.; 1910 Census, Store Clerk, age 68, Staunton; member Stonewall Jackson Camp C. V. Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Staunton Date of Death: 12/30/1918 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Epitaph: |