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Capt David Valentine Auxier

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Capt David Valentine Auxier

Birth
Johnson County, Kentucky, USA
Death
4 Oct 1864 (aged 24)
Saltville, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Staffordsville, Johnson County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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A member of the 39th Kentucky Volunteers died of wounds he received two days earlier during the Battle of Saltville, Virginia. He enlisted on September 6, 1862 and was mustered in on November 18, 1862. Two weeks prior to active duty he was captured by Confederate troops during a skirmish at Wireman's Shoals near Prestonsburg, Kentucky and was confined at Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond, Virginia. After his exchange, he walked the 400 miles back to Kentucky to rejoin his regiment. Captain Auxier married Elizabeth Hinton two months before his death. His grave was unknown in an abandoned cemetery in Virginia for 126 years when a relative searched and had the grave including bones, teeth, clothing fragments, coat buttons and military insignias moved to Kentucky. He was the son of Nathaniel Auxier and Hester Ann Mayo.
A member of the 39th Kentucky Volunteers died of wounds he received two days earlier during the Battle of Saltville, Virginia. He enlisted on September 6, 1862 and was mustered in on November 18, 1862. Two weeks prior to active duty he was captured by Confederate troops during a skirmish at Wireman's Shoals near Prestonsburg, Kentucky and was confined at Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond, Virginia. After his exchange, he walked the 400 miles back to Kentucky to rejoin his regiment. Captain Auxier married Elizabeth Hinton two months before his death. His grave was unknown in an abandoned cemetery in Virginia for 126 years when a relative searched and had the grave including bones, teeth, clothing fragments, coat buttons and military insignias moved to Kentucky. He was the son of Nathaniel Auxier and Hester Ann Mayo.

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  • Created by: Glendora
  • Added: Dec 20, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63165404/david_valentine-auxier: accessed ), memorial page for Capt David Valentine Auxier (30 Apr 1840–4 Oct 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63165404, citing Johnson County Memorial Cemetery, Staffordsville, Johnson County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Glendora (contributor 46931045).