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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:1414).
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Name: James W. Newton Birth Place: Greenville Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Student at Brownsburg and Mossy Creek academies; 1860 Census, Merchant, age 22, 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: Capt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To Maj. 03-17-1863 to rank from 08-29-1862 Transfers and Other Service:Detailed to Augusta Co. to arrest deserters 02-00-1864 Muster Sheet: Furlough 06-25-1861 to 07-03-1861 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/22/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Winchester, lost leg - 9/19/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 969 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 959 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Merchant, age 31, Staunton. Membership application for Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25 C. V. Staunton 06-01-96; Farming and Building, Savings and Loan
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Staunton Date of Death: 1/7/1896 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Epitaph: |