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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:1852).
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Name: William F. Swisher Birth Place: Virginia Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 22, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/19/1861 Place of Enlistment: Fishersville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 3rd Cpl. Company: H Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Enl. 08-27-1864 as Pvt. Co. A 1st Regt. Va. Cav. Muster Sheet: Rejected by surgeon 05-19-1861 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/17/1865 Notes: On postwar roster |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Injured in removing arms and machinery from Harpers Ferry; date and place unknown - // Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1725 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1720 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 32, 2nd District, Augusta Co. Resided near Basic City, Augusta Co. 1907. 1910 Census, Teamster, South River District, Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Basic City Date of Death: 7/2/1918 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |