Name: David T. Wilkins
Birth Place: Henrico Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:1860 Census, Carpenter, age 27, 2nd Ward, Richmond
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Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: L
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.
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Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as carpenter 05-00-1861; Enl. Co. I 10th Va. Cav. Henrico Co. 04-26-1862 without permission; detailed at Headquarters Cav. Div. 07-00-1863 to 12-00-1863 and 07-00-1864, 08-00-1864
Muster Sheet: Returned 03-13-1863 from hosp.; present through 06-00-1863
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Paroled: 4/29/1865
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Hospital: Ascites, hosp. at Richmond 10-31-1862; transf. to hosp. at Danville 12-25-1862
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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Postwar Life: Entered Old Soldiers' Home Richmond 07-03-04 at age 69; discharged 10-08-08; residing in Richmond 1912
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
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