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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:2093).
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Name: William T. Wright Birth Place: Spring Hill Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Shoemaker, age 19, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/21/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: C Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Absent sick 11-00-1861 to 01-00-1862; returned to duty by 07-00-1863 after being wounded at Chancellorsville Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Chancellorsville, hand - 5/3/1863 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 178 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 173 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Shoemaker, age 30, Mt. Sidney Post Office, Augusta Co. Shoemaker Staunton; removed from membership in Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25 C. V., having been a deserter
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Staunton Date of Death: 3/29/1907 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Staunton Epitaph: |