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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:2208).
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Name: George F. A. Bailey Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 20, 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: |
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Rank: Cpl. Company: F Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed with ambulance corps 09-17-1862 Muster Sheet: Mustered in at Harpers Ferry 05-17-1861; sent home to recover health 06-00-1861 to 10-00-1861; returned by 07-00-1863 from being wounded at Chancellorsville 05-03-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Chancellorsville, side; Spotsylvania Courthouse, left shoulder 05-12-1864 - 5/3/1863 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1233 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1241 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 29, Pastures District, Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Augusta Co. Date of Death: 11/22/1903 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Hebron Presbyterian Church Cemetery Augusta Co. Epitaph: |