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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:2306).
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Name: William Ervin, Sr. Bell Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Laborer, age 22, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 6/9/1861 Place of Enlistment: Shepherdstown 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: Muster Sheet: Mustered in at Camp Stephens 06-30-1861 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 6/8/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Cedar Creek; C. V. obituary has him wounded also at Sayler's Creek 04-06-1865 - 10/19/1864 Hospital: Hosp. at Staunton 06-00-1863 to 08-00-1863 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 270 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 265 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: his home near Mossy Creek Augusta Co. Date of Death: 3/12/1912 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Mossy Creek Presbyterian Church Old Cemetery Epitaph: |