PVT George Glenn

PVT George Glenn was born 27 Sep 1822 in Augusta County, Virginia. He was the 2nd of 3 children born to John and Margaret Ann (Hartsook) Glenn. He followed in his father's footsteps and took up farming and started a family in 1851 by marrying Barbara Catherine Lowman. George's brother William would marry Barbara's older sister in 1860. The couple soon had children, daughter Elizabeth Margaret in 1852 and son John Abraham in 1855. George was farming near Staunton in 1860. His farm was valued at $900 and his personal estate was $661. 

With the responsibilities of a family and farm George did not enlist until 14 Mar 1862. He mustered with E Company 5th Virginia Infantry. It probably was not a long time until PVT Glenn was on the battlefield because GEN Jackson was conducting what would become known as the Valley Campaign at that time. His first battle may have been Kernstown on 23 Mar 1862 or perhaps McDowell or Front Royal (where the unit was not engaged) on 8 May and 23 May 1862 respectively. He may have been at Winchester on 25 May 1862 but we know he was with the unit at Port Republic on 9 Jun 1862 because it was there that he was wounded. It appears that he was then evacuated to Greenville, Virginia to receive further medical care and he died there on 28 Jun 1862. 

It is possible that being from the area his family was notified shortly after he was wounded and they were able to collect his body at the time of death or shortly after and he was buried with his parents in what is now the Saint John's Reformed Church of Christ Cemetery about 6½-miles from Greenville in Middlebrook, Virginia. Saint John's was a Lutheran church at the time and this is likely the church at which his family worshiped. 

George has several living descendants.