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Name: James Nathaniel McFarland
Birth Place: Christian Farm near Mint Spring
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:
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Date of Enlistment: 4/18/1861
Place of Enlistment: Greenville
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
Conscript or Substitute:
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: E
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.
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Promotions: Shown as Sgt. on 10-00-1861 roster
Transfers and Other Service:
Muster Sheet: Returned 02-00-1864 from being wounded at Manassas
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Missing In Action:
Prison:
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Discharge:
Paroled: //
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Died of Disease:
Killed in Action:
Wounded in Action: Manassas - 8/28/1862
Hospital: Sick, hosp. at Martinsburg 06-00-1861 to 08-00-1861
Died of Wounds:
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
Dwelling Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
Postwar Life: Farmhand until elected Co. Tax Collector 1871; Deputy Sheriff 1876-1879; Deputy Treasurer 1879-1883; commissioner of Revenue for Beverly Manor District; vice President of Staunton National Bank; president of the Staunton & Augusta Co. Memorial Association; membership application of Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25 C. V. Staunton 07-09-92; treasurer of Augusta Co. for forty years
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Staunton
Date of Death: 9/4/1927
Cause of Death:
Burial Place: Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery
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