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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:1625).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: Abraham C. Ruebush Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Student, age 18, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/18/1861 Place of Enlistment: Winchester Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed at Winchester as hosp. steward 11-16-1861; transf. to Co. H 10-31-1864 and to Co. E 11-10-1864 Muster Sheet: Furlough 02-00-1862 to 04-00-1862; returned 10-00-1863 from being wounded at Chancellorsville; on clothing record 12-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Port Republic; Chancellorsville, neck 05-03-1863 - 6/9/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 837 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 827 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: By 1907 Rev. Abraham C. Ruebush, who had a leg shot off, was living in La Vaca Texas as the father of 28 children; see Staunton Spectator and Vindicator 08-30-07; Moved to Fayette co., Texas, 10-00-77, Farmer;
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Victoria, Texas Date of Death: 11/17/1919 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Lynn Worth Cem., Port Lavaca, Texas Epitaph: |