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Name: Henry Mitchell Powers
Birth Place: Louisa Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:
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Date of Enlistment: 4/28/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
Conscript or Substitute:
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: G
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.
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Promotions:
Transfers and Other Service:Detailed to ambulance corps 06-06-1863; pay vouchers indicate detached service through 12-00-1864
Muster Sheet: Present 06-00-1861 to 04-00-1863
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: Hand; Winchester, right side by shell 09-19-1864 - 5/12/1864
Hospital:
Died of Wounds:
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
Dwelling Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
Postwar Life: Farmer and employee of Staunton hosp.; membership application for Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25 C. V. Staunton 10-05-00 at age 73
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place:
Date of Death: 12/12/1903
Cause of Death:
Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery
Epitaph:
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