Valley of the Shadow

From Compiled Military Service Records at National Archives

Personal Information

Name: Francis Franklin Sterrett
Birthplace: Churchville
Date of Birth: December 31, 1821
Physical Description: --
Prewar Life: Farmhand, Northern Dist., Augusta co. 1860 census; Served as Col. of 160th Va. Militia before war

Enlistment Records

Date of Enlistment: April 19, 1861
Place of Enlistment: Churchville
Age at Enlistment: --
Occupation at Enlistment: --
Conscript Or Substitute: --

Service Information

Rank: Capt.
Company: I
Transfer Company: --
Regiment: 14th Va. Cav.

Military Service Record

Promotions: Not reelected 05-15-1862
Transfers and Other Services: Enlisted in Co. A, 10th Va. Cav. as Pvt. 10-00-1864; Elected 2nd Lt. 12-23-1864
Muster Sheet: Present 07-00-1861 through 08-00-1861; WIA, 07-11-1861; Present, Greenbrier River, 10-05-1861; Present 03-00-1862 through 04-00-1862
Captured: --
Missing in Action: --
Prison: --
AWOL (Absent without Leave): --
Deserted: --
Discharge: --
Paroled: April 20, 1865; Burkesville Junction
Notes: --

Casualty Information

Killed in Action: --
Wounded in Action: July 11, 1861; Rich Mt., side of head,
Died of Disease: --
Died of Wounds: --
Hospital: --

Other Information

Personal Life: --
Postwar Life: Farmer, Mt. Sidney PO, 1870 census; Farmer, Riverside and Irvinwood near Staunton
Date of Death: June 18, 1899
Place of Death: Near Staunton
Burial Place: Thornrose Cem.
Cause Of Death: --
Epitaph: Served with Distinction
Dwelling # (1860 Census): 859
Family # (1860 Census): 864