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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:2026).
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Name: Hazel Joseph Williams Birth Place: Williamsville Bath Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Carpenter, age 29, 1st District, Augusta Co.; member, Southern Guard, 1860 |
Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861 Place of Enlistment: Augusta Co. Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Capt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Appointed Maj. 04-21-1862; to Lt. Col. 08-29-1862; to Col. 11-00-1862 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Commanding 5th Regt. at Cedar Mountain, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Payne's Farm, and on 11-30-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Winchester, severely in thigh; Cedar Creek, left shoulder 10-19-1864; postwar roster has him wounded four times - 6/14/1863 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1362 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1381 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Carpenter and Farmer, age 41, Riverheads District, Augusta Co. Served in Virginia legislature 1891-1892; Building Contractor
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Greenville Date of Death: 7/18/1911 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church Cemetery Epitaph: |