Soldiers Records

From Compiled Military Service Records at National Archives

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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:2020).

Personal Information Enlistment Records

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

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: 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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Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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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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