Pvt Orrin J. Ayres

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Pvt Orrin J. Ayres Veteran

Birth
Death
11 Jan 1864 (aged 30)
Burial
Abbeville, Henry County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Married Rhoda Odom 11 Dec. 1856 in Henry Co., AL

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Orrin J. Ayres was enlisted on May 11, 1861, by A. C. Gordon at Abbeville, Henry County, Alabama, for 12 months. He mustered into service on May 16, 1861, at Montgomery, Alabama. Pvt. Orin J. Ayres appears on a Report of Sick and Wounded of the 6th Regiment Alabama Infantry for November 1861, station Union Mills, Virginia. His disease was listed as paralysis, and he was discharged from service on November 6, 1861. Lt. J. N. Lightfoot certified that Private Orrin J. Ayres was born in Muscogee County, Georgia, was 28 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall, light complexion, black eyes, light brown hair, and was a farmer when he enlisted. He further stated that Pvt. Ayres was entitled to a discharge "by reason of partial Paralysis of the lower extremities".

Source: Orrin J. Ayres, Civil War service records=
Married Rhoda Odom 11 Dec. 1856 in Henry Co., AL

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Orrin J. Ayres was enlisted on May 11, 1861, by A. C. Gordon at Abbeville, Henry County, Alabama, for 12 months. He mustered into service on May 16, 1861, at Montgomery, Alabama. Pvt. Orin J. Ayres appears on a Report of Sick and Wounded of the 6th Regiment Alabama Infantry for November 1861, station Union Mills, Virginia. His disease was listed as paralysis, and he was discharged from service on November 6, 1861. Lt. J. N. Lightfoot certified that Private Orrin J. Ayres was born in Muscogee County, Georgia, was 28 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall, light complexion, black eyes, light brown hair, and was a farmer when he enlisted. He further stated that Pvt. Ayres was entitled to a discharge "by reason of partial Paralysis of the lower extremities".

Source: Orrin J. Ayres, Civil War service records=

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