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John C Ambrose

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John C Ambrose Veteran

Birth
Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Death
20 Jul 1908 (aged 67–68)
Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Hancock, Washington County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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Enlisted in Company "A" of the Independent Loudoun Virginia Rangers on March 1, 1863, at Berlin (now Brunswick), Maryland. The Loudoun Rangers, a cavalry and scouting unit, were the only military command from Confederate Virginia to serve with the Union Army in the Civil War. He was captured by Confederate forces on May 17, 1864, in a running battle that began in Waterford, Va. He was released on May 8, 1865 at Savannah, Georgia, and was then mustered out and discharged at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md.

After the war, he lived in Franklin County, Pa.


Enlisted in Company "A" of the Independent Loudoun Virginia Rangers on March 1, 1863, at Berlin (now Brunswick), Maryland. The Loudoun Rangers, a cavalry and scouting unit, were the only military command from Confederate Virginia to serve with the Union Army in the Civil War. He was captured by Confederate forces on May 17, 1864, in a running battle that began in Waterford, Va. He was released on May 8, 1865 at Savannah, Georgia, and was then mustered out and discharged at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md.

After the war, he lived in Franklin County, Pa.

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