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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:2174).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: David Francis Argenbright Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Cooper, age 21, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/29/1861 Place of Enlistment: West View Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Cpl. Company: F Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as hosp. steward Chimborazo Hosp. No. 5 Richmond, evidently after being declared unfit for duty 04-27-1864 Muster Sheet: Mustered in at Harpers Ferry 05-17-1861; absent in hosp. at Winchester 01-24-1862; returned by the end of 04-00-1862; on sick leave with chronic diarrhea 08-00-1862 to 01-00-1863; absent sick for much of 00-00-1863; declared unfit for duty 04-27-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 4/9/1865 Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Cedar Creek, both legs - 10/19/1864 Hospital: Hosp. at Winchester 01-24-1862 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1223 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1228 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Carpenter, age 31, Riverheads District, Augusta Co. Carpenter
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: near Arbor Hill Date of Death: 7/8/1896 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church Cemetery Augusta Co. Epitaph: |