Soldiers Records

From Compiled Military Service Records at National Archives

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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:2188).

Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Arthur Jay Arnold

Birth Place: Alexandria

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:Student at University of Va. 1858-1860

Date of Enlistment: 5/11/1861

Place of Enlistment: Sangersville

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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Sgt.

Company: I

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.

Promotions: Elected 2nd Lt. 07-30-1861. To 1st Lt. 04-00-1862

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Muster Sheet: Mustered in at Harpers Ferry 05-22-1861

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Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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Wounded in Action: Port Republic - 6/9/1862

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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

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Postwar Life: obituary states he was a sharpshooter

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