Name: Hendren Van Lear Bell
Birth Place: Augusta Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:
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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: Cpl.
Company: I
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.
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Promotions: To Sgt., late 00-00-1862
Transfers and Other Service:On rolls as courier for Gen. J. B. Gordon 10-00-1864
Muster Sheet: Furloughed 10-14-1863; returned to Co. by end of 08-00-1864; on rolls as courier for Gen. J. B. Gordon 10-00-1864
Captured:
Missing In Action:
Prison:
AWOL:
Deserted:
Discharge:
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Notes:
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Died of Disease:
Killed in Action:
Wounded in Action: Gettysburg, severely in leg - 7/3/1863
Hospital: Chimborazo Hospital No. 5 Richmond 09-28-1863
Died of Wounds:
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
Dwelling Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Bridgewater
Date of Death: 10/23/1918
Cause of Death:
Burial Place: Mossy Creek Presbyterian Church Old Cemetery
Epitaph:
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