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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:1548).
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Name: William Henry Randolph Birth Place: Middlebrook Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Attended Virginia Military Institute 6 months in class of 1856; 1860 Census, age 26, Middlebrook |
Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861 Place of Enlistment: Augusta Co. Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 2nd Lt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To Capt. 04-17-1862 Transfers and Other Service:On recruiting duty Augusta Co. 08-00-1861 Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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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: 1199 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1201 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |