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Name: Thomas Averett Berkeley

Birth Place: Staunton

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

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Prewar Life:Attended University of Va.; graduate of University of Pa. Medical School 1850.

Date of Enlistment: 5/25/1861

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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Capt. & Asst. Surgeon

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Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.

Promotions: Appointed 05-16-1861 Assistant Surgeon Vol. Forces of Va. Assigned 05-25-1861 as Assistant Surgeon with rank of Capt. to 5th Regt. Va. Inf. Nominated for position of Surgeon 5th Regt. Va. Inf. by Col. W. H. Harman 02-13-1862

Transfers and Other Service:Enl. 04-17-1861 Pvt. Staunton Arty.; appointed. 05-16-1861 Asst. Surgeon. Vol. Forces of Va.; assigned to Harpers Ferry; appt.. Asst. Surgeon. with rank of Capt. C. S. A. 07-01-1861; assigned to duty at Charleston 10-01-1863; ordered 03-28-1864 to report to Commandant of Conscripts, Colombia S. C.; assigned to Army of Northern Va. 07-26-1864 and appt.. Asst. Surgeon. 61st Regt. Va. Inf.; in charge of brig. infirmary 02-00-1865

Muster Sheet: Assigned 05-25-1861 as Assistant Surgeon with rank of Capt. to 5th Regt. Va. Inf.; nominated for position as Surgeon 5th Regt. Va. Inf. by Col. W. H. Harman 02-13-1862; on duty as Assistant Surgeon at Staunton 11-00-1862

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Notes: Last record of service with 5th Regt. 05-25-62

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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

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Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Medical Doctor, Western State Hospital, Staunton obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Stilesboro, Bartow Co. Ga.

Date of Death: 12/15/1871

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Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Staunton

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