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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:1502).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: William Jacob Points Birth Place: Staunton Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Student at Emory & Henry College and University of Virginia 1850-1851; graduate of Washington Medical College in Baltimore |
Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: L Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed to QM Department at Manassas 08-00-1861 and at Staunton 06-00-1862; as Surgeon Union Female College Hospital Richmond 00-00-1862 to 00-00-1865 Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
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: 113 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 110 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Studied law 1865; Clerk of Court in Harrisonburg 1869-1871; U. S. Commissioner in Harrisonburg 1871-1883; Commissioner of Chancery in Rockingham Co. c. 1883-1884
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 3/25/1910 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Woodbine Cemetery Harrisonburg Epitaph: |