Jacob Samuel Sheets

A 19 year old farmhand in Augusta County, he mustered as Private, Company F, 52nd Virginia Infantry on 31 July 1861 in Staunton, VA. He reenlisted on 1 May 1862.

He was wounded in the arm in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was wounded in the left leg and captured at Cedar Creek, VA on 19 October 1864, and his leg was amputated the next day. He was treated in the West Building Hospital, Baltimore, MD and then held at Point Lookout, MD. He was exchanged on 20 February 1865 and then hospitalized in Richmond in March. He was paroled 5 June 1865 at Staunton, VA.

He lived in Rockbridge County, VA and was a farmer, carpenter, and canal engineer.

Service from Driver1 and the Historical Data Systems database. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

07/25/1842; Augusta County, VA

02/27/1922; Augusta County, VA; burial in Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Mount Sidney, VA