Being only fourteen years old when the Civil War began, John did not enlist until 17 March 1864. By then the Confederacy needed new men and a 17 year old would do fine. He volunteered with Dance's Company of Virginia Artillery. On 24 July 1864 John was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond. On 9 August he was granted a forty day furlough. The son of William and Dorinda Taylor Aston never married. He lived with his nephew and worked as a prison guard in Goochland after the war.
Being only fourteen years old when the Civil War began, John did not enlist until 17 March 1864. By then the Confederacy needed new men and a 17 year old would do fine. He volunteered with Dance's Company of Virginia Artillery. On 24 July 1864 John was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond. On 9 August he was granted a forty day furlough. The son of William and Dorinda Taylor Aston never married. He lived with his nephew and worked as a prison guard in Goochland after the war.
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