Photo: Age at Enlistment: 27
Length of Service: 1864
State: Virginia
Rank: Pvt
Unit: 25th VA Cavalry Regiment (originally 27th Bn partisan rangers)
Service Record: Enlisted on 28 Feb 1864 in Co. H with his brother; died while in the prison camp at Ft. Delaware.
Survived War: No
Cemetery / Burial: Finns Point National Cemetery, Pennsville, Salem County, NJ, Section CM Site 565 (Address: R.F.D. No. 3, Box 542 Fort Mott Road Salem, NJ 08079). His name appears on the list of Soldiers on the plaque as “J.E. Debusk”
Soldier Info: Born in Washington Co., VA in 1837; Died in Delaware City, Finn’s Point Natl Cemetery, Salem, NJ in 1864
Relationship to Author: 1st cousin 5x