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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:2315).
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Name: George W. Berry Birth Place: Virginia Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Laborer, age 20, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton 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:Detailed as ordnance guard by order of surgeon 06-01-1863 Muster Sheet: Mustered in at Harpers Ferry 05-01-1861; on sick leave 12-00-1862; returned 08-00-1863 from being wounded at Gettysburg 07-03-1863; present 12-00-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Gettysburg, severely in face; Payne's Farm, slightly in arm - 7/3/1863 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1065 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1060 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 29, Craigsville Post Office, Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |