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Lieut John Howard Sharp

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Lieut John Howard Sharp Veteran

Birth
Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
Death
31 Mar 1921 (aged 83)
Seagate, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Townsville, Vance County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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John Howard Sharp

Residence Norfolk VA;
Enlisted on 4/18/1861 at Norfolk, VA as a Private.
On 4/18/1861 he mustered into "G" Co. VA 6th Infantry
He Resigned (date not stated)
On 3/22/1862 he mustered into "A" Co. VA 13th Battn Light Artillery
He was Surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA
He was listed as:
Hospitalized 4/27/1864 Danville, VA (With "scarbutus" (scurvy))
Returned 5/20/1864 (place not stated)
Hospitalized 7/15/1864 Robertson Hospital, Richmond, VA
Sick furlough 7/26/1864 Dublin Depot, VA (For 60 days to home)
Detailed 9/15/1864 1st Corps Artillery (As courier to General E. P. Alexander)
Hospitalized 12/5/1864 Robertson Hospital, Richmond, VA
Returned 12/30/1864 (place not stated)
Promotions:
Capt (Commissary & Subsistence)
2nd Lieut 9/2/1861 (Provisional Army Confederate States)

Father- William W. Sharp; Mother- Mary Ann Lewis Schoolfield. Married- Sophie Hunter of Western, N.C. Daughter of Cyres L. Hunter and Sophia Forney.
Entered VMI- Aug. 20, 1853; Resigned July 10, 1855, deficient in Math & conduct. Farmer before and after the Civil War.
Civil War Service- Private in Co. G of 6th Va. Infantry ca. 1861; Private in Co. A of 13th Battalion Va. Light Artillery under Capt. George G. Otey ca. 1862; Detailed as courier for Brig. Gen. E.P. Alexander in 1864 and remained in this position until the end of the War. Post War Career-[in addition to farming] Worked for Seaboard Airline Railroad (now CSX) as bookkeeper, then as secretary and treasurer.

Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?C&298485
http://www.vmi.edu/archives/archiverosters/Details.asp?ID=649&rform=search
John Howard Sharp

Residence Norfolk VA;
Enlisted on 4/18/1861 at Norfolk, VA as a Private.
On 4/18/1861 he mustered into "G" Co. VA 6th Infantry
He Resigned (date not stated)
On 3/22/1862 he mustered into "A" Co. VA 13th Battn Light Artillery
He was Surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA
He was listed as:
Hospitalized 4/27/1864 Danville, VA (With "scarbutus" (scurvy))
Returned 5/20/1864 (place not stated)
Hospitalized 7/15/1864 Robertson Hospital, Richmond, VA
Sick furlough 7/26/1864 Dublin Depot, VA (For 60 days to home)
Detailed 9/15/1864 1st Corps Artillery (As courier to General E. P. Alexander)
Hospitalized 12/5/1864 Robertson Hospital, Richmond, VA
Returned 12/30/1864 (place not stated)
Promotions:
Capt (Commissary & Subsistence)
2nd Lieut 9/2/1861 (Provisional Army Confederate States)

Father- William W. Sharp; Mother- Mary Ann Lewis Schoolfield. Married- Sophie Hunter of Western, N.C. Daughter of Cyres L. Hunter and Sophia Forney.
Entered VMI- Aug. 20, 1853; Resigned July 10, 1855, deficient in Math & conduct. Farmer before and after the Civil War.
Civil War Service- Private in Co. G of 6th Va. Infantry ca. 1861; Private in Co. A of 13th Battalion Va. Light Artillery under Capt. George G. Otey ca. 1862; Detailed as courier for Brig. Gen. E.P. Alexander in 1864 and remained in this position until the end of the War. Post War Career-[in addition to farming] Worked for Seaboard Airline Railroad (now CSX) as bookkeeper, then as secretary and treasurer.

Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?C&298485
http://www.vmi.edu/archives/archiverosters/Details.asp?ID=649&rform=search


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  • Originally Created by: Bev
  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16632942/john_howard-sharp: accessed ), memorial page for Lieut John Howard Sharp (3 Dec 1837–31 Mar 1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16632942, citing Nutbush Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Townsville, Vance County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Ancestral Sleuth (contributor 48171177).