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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:1354).
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Name: Ananias J. Miller Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Laborer, age 25, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 5/18/1861 Place of Enlistment: Greenville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as teamster 04-00-1864 to 08-00-1864 Muster Sheet: Reassigned 03-07-1864 to 5th Regt. from conscript camp Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/1/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Sick, hosp. at Winchester 06-00-1861 to 08-00-1861 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 966 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 956 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmhand, age 33, Riverheads District, Augusta Co. Died age 45
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 11//1879 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |