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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:2104).
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Name: James B. Young Birth Place: Craigsville Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Student, age 20, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 3/21/1862 Place of Enlistment: Meem's Bottom Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Chronic rheumatism, hosp. 04-02-1863 to 00-00-1864 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1617 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1651 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 30, Pastures District, Augusta Co. Residing in Mint Spring 1893; membership application for Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25 C. V. Staunton 03-18-13
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: near Staunton Date of Death: 8/19/1916 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Fishersville Epitaph: |