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Please cite results as coming from: County, , Soldiers Records Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia (valley.lib.virginia.edu/dossier_record?q=db:dossiers_augusta AND id_num:1307).
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Name: James M. McManaway Birth Place: Millboro Springs Bath Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 18, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861 Place of Enlistment: Augusta Co. Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present as a teamster 02-00-1862; absent, early 00-00-1862; returned 10-00-1862 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/22/1865 Notes: Claimed to have captured the flag of the 28th N. Y. Inf., 08-09-62; claimed to have been a sharpshooter in the war; never wounded |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 963 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 958 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmhand, age 25, Riverheads District, Augusta Co. Membership application for Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25 C. V. Staunton 11-07-93; carpenter in Middlebrook
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |