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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:2115).
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Name: Henry H. Zink Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 19, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/18/1861 Place of Enlistment: Greenville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Sick at Winchester, "not mustered," 06-00-1861; missing on evening of 07-21-1861 "not heard from since." General court-martial 11-04-1863 found him guilty of misbehavior before the enemy at First Manassas, and of desertion, having evaded all efforts to arrest him and refusing to accept the pardon offered by the President, until his arrest 09-18-1863 in Augusta Co.; sentenced to be shot in the presence of the brigade; sentence not carried out" Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 898 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 889 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmhand, age 26, Riverheads District, Augusta Co. Residing in Newport Augusta Co. 1910
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Augusta Co. Date of Death: 12/6/1926 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |