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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: James Hurley Waters

Birth Place: Sharpstown N. J.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:Educated in Philadelphia; removed to Staunton 1848; member, West Augusta Guard 1858

Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861

Place of Enlistment: Staunton

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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: 1st Lt.

Company: L

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.

Promotions: To Capt. 05-20-1861; appointed Commissary with rank of Capt. 5th Regt. Va. Inf. 06-00-1862; promoted to Commissary with rank of Capt. Stonewall Brigade 00-00-1863 and for the div. of Early and Gordon 00-00-1864 00-00-1865

Transfers and Other Service:Stonewall Brigade 00-00-1863; div. of Early and Gordon 00-00-1864, 00-00-1865

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Paroled: 4/9/1865

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Wounded in Action: - //

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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

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Postwar Life: Chief of Police Staunton 1876-1900; member Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25 C. V. Staunton obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Odd Fellows Home Lynchburg

Date of Death: 5/13/1913

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Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Staunton

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