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
(valley.lib.virginia.edu/dossier_record?q=db:dossiers_augusta AND id_num:1849).

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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Jacob Swink

Birth Place: Augusta Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:1850 Census, age 10, Augusta Co.

Date of Enlistment: 3/15/1862

Place of Enlistment: Augusta Co.

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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Pvt.

Company: F

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.

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Muster Sheet: Sentenced 01-26-1863 to be deprived of all pay 04-00-1862 through 01-01-1863 and 30 days hard labor

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Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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Killed in Action:

Wounded in Action: Chancellorsville, knee - 5/3/1863

Hospital: Hosp. at Richmond, after being wounded

Died of Wounds:

Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Dwelling Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Postwar Life: obituary states he was a sharpshooter

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