Soldiers Records

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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
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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: W. Joseph H. Riddleberger

Birth Place: Virginia

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

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Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1862

Place of Enlistment: Staunton

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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Pvt.

Company: C

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.

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Transfers and Other Service:Enl. Co. C 11th Va. Cav. Rockingham Co. 03-09-1862; Enl. McNeill's Rangers 07-23-1863 Rockingham Co.

Muster Sheet: Roll 10-00-1862 states he joined the cav.; present 11-00-1863, 12-00-1863; issued clothing 08-10-1864

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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

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Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Laborer, age 25, 3rd District, Augusta Co. Member of Berkeley Camp C. V. obituary states he was a sharpshooter

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