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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:2223).
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Name: James Lewis Ballew Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 15, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 5/17/1862 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: L Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Transf. to Co. H 10-31-1864; returned to Co. L 11-10-1864 Muster Sheet: Present in fighting around Richmond; absent sick 08-00-1862 to 01-00-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/1/1865 Notes: For a Cold Harbor battlefield incident, see roster entry for William H. Beach |
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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: 1103 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1098 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 25, 2nd District, Augusta Co. Section foreman of B & O Railroad; resident of Mint Spring; membership application for Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25 C. V. Staunton 12-30-03
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Mint Spring age 79 Date of Death: 2/4/1925 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Pleasant View Lutheran Church Cemetery Epitaph: |