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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:1670).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: Jacob A. Sheets Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Laborer, age 29, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 3/16/1862 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: C Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed for light duty by Medical Board 03-10-1864; transf. to field duty Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 4/9/1865 Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Gaines Mill, severely in arm - 6/27/1862 Hospital: Scorbutis, hosp. at Staunton 06-00-1863 to 12-00-1863 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1079 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1074 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Penrose Augusta Co. Date of Death: 2//1898 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |