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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:1380).
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Name: Thomas Alexander Montgomery Birth Place: Mint Spring Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 census listed age 21, resident of 1st District Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/18/1861 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:Enl. Co. E 5th Va. Inf. 4-18-61. Enl. Co. E 1st Va. Cav. 3-10-62.; Detailed on special duty Martinsburg 06-00-1861; Enl. Co. E 1st Va. Cav. Muster Sheet: Present until detailed as Regt. Blacksmith 6-15-1862. Present 7-1862-6-64. Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 4/9/1865 Notes: Surrendered Appomattox C.H. 4-9-65 |
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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: 819 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 809 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer and Blacksmith
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: near Raphine Date of Death: 2/3/1918 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Old Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |