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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:2296).
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Name: Franklin M. R. Bell Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 19, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 3/23/1862 Place of Enlistment: Mt. Jackson Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: C Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Transf. to Co. I 04-22-1862; transf. to Co. C 01-01-1863 Muster Sheet: Left at Gordonsville sick 08-31-1862; returned by end of 00-00-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Cedar Creek - 10/19/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 275 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 270 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Membership application for Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25 C. V. Staunton 01-04-04; farmer at Ft. Defiance
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Mount Sidney Date of Death: 7/29/1919 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |