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Joseph B Wampler

Biography
Born 08/13/1840
Birth Location Smyth Co.
Died 02/22/1904
Death Location Etowah Co., AL
Father William Wampler
Mother Sally Cates
Married 3/27/1876 (Smyth Co.)
Spouse Ellen Cecil Mercer
Military Units
37th Infantry
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
37th Infantry
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Alabama Widows Pension
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Tennessee Widows Pension
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Census Information:

1850: 950, Age 10
1860: 108, Age 19
1870: Not found
1880: Smyth Co., Marion 308, Age 39
1900: Etowah Co., AL, Gadsden 161, Age 59
1910: DEAD
1920: DEAD
1930: DEAD

Miscellaneous Information:

Widow filed pension: 1928 (TN), 1907 (AL), 1928? (AL)

Newspaper mention:
Richmond Dispatch, 4/8/1862

Notes: Moved to Alabama circa 1887.

Obituary online

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
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Private, Company C, 37th Virginia Infantry

Appears on a muster roll for Jany & Feby, 1862 (Not dated)

Enlisted:
When: May 10
Where: Lebanon, Va
By whom: Capt. McElheny
Period: 12 mo.

Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Haller
To what time: Dec. 31

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 2

Appears on a muster roll for July & Aug., 1861 (Dated Aug. 31)

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*Roll torn

Card 3

Appears on a muster roll for Feby 28 to Mch. 30, 1862 (Not dated)

Enlisted:
When: May 10, 1861
Where: Russell Co., Va
By whom: Capt. McElhenny
Period: 1 year

Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Haller
To what time: Dec. 31

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 4

Appears on a muster roll for May & June, 1862 (Not dated)

Enlisted:
When: May 10, 1861
Where: Lebanon, Va
By whom: Capt. McElhenny
Period: 1 year

Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Haller
To what time: Dec. 31

Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Taken prisoner at Kearnstown Mch. 23, 1862

Card 5

Appears on a muster roll for July & Aug., 1862 (Not dated)

Enlisted:
When: May 10, 1861
Where: Lebanon
By whom: Capt. McElhenny
Period: 12 mos.

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Present or absent:
Remarks: Deserted

Card 6

Appears on a muster roll for Sept. & Oct., 1862 (Not dated)

Enlisted:
When: May 10, 1861
Where: Lebanon
By whom: Capt. John F. McElhenny
Period: 12 mos.

Last paid:
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Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Taken prisoner at Kearnstown & Exchanged. Not returned.

Card 7

Appears on a muster roll for Nov. & Dec., 1862 (Not dated)

Enlisted:
When: May 10, 1861
Where: Lebanon
By whom: Capt. J. F. McElhenny
Period: 12 mo.

Last paid:
By whom:
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Present or absent:
Remarks: Deserted

Card 8

Appears on a List
of non-commissioned officers and privates exchange at Aiken's Landing, Va., Aug. 5, 1862.

List dated: Not dated

Captured:
Where: Winchester
When: Mar 23

Delivered: June 9, 1862
by Capt. Lyon 6 N. Y. Cavalry from Ft. Monroe

Card 9

Appears on a
Roll of Prisoners of War
sent form Fort Delaware, De., and exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Va., August 5, 1862.

Roll dated: Not dated

Where captured: Winchester
When captured: March 23, 1862

Card 10

Appears on a REPORT
of casualties, of the 37th and 23d Regiments VA. Vols, in the engagement near Winchester, Va., March 23, 1862.

Report dated: Camp near Mt. Jackson April 1, 1862

Remarks: Missing

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