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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:1410).
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Name: George H. Newcombe Birth Place: Staunton Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Carpenter, age 26, Staunton |
Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: L Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed to shoe factory 02-07-63 to 10-00-1864 Muster Sheet: Sick in camp 08-00-1861, 09-00-1861; rejoined from desertion Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Described 10-29-64 as age 30, occupation butcher |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Sick, hosp. 06-00-1862 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 264 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 238 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Near Staunton Date of Death: 1/14/1921 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Buried Thornrose Cemetery Epitaph: |