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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:1702).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: Daniel Webster Shott Birth Place: Buttermilk Springs west of Staunton Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Carpenter, age 23, Staunton |
Date of Enlistment: 4/28/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: G Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To Cpl. 06-00-1861; reduced to Pvt. 10-00-1862 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present in arrest 02-01-1863; restored to duty after 4 month absence; absent sick 06-00-1863 to 08-00-1863; furloughed 02-20-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 4/30/1865 Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Manassas; Wilderness, hand 05-05-1864 - 7/21/1861 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 244 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 218 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Plasterer, age 30, Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: near Buttermilk Springs Date of Death: 1/17/1896 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Staunton Epitaph: |