Name: William H. H. May
Birth Place: Virginia
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:1850 Census, Student, age 13, Augusta Co.
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Date of Enlistment: 4/1/1862
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
Conscript or Substitute:
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: G
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.
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Promotions: To Sgt. 10-03-1862
Transfers and Other Service:Transf. to Co. H 10-31-1864
Muster Sheet: Absent 02-00-1864
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Notes: On U. S. records wishes to take oath; transportation furnished to Scottsville Sullivan Co. Mo.
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Died of Disease:
Killed in Action:
Wounded in Action: Chancellorsville, chest - 5/3/1863
Hospital: Wounded, hosps. at Richmond and Lexington
Died of Wounds:
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
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Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Richmond
Date of Death: 5/15/1865
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