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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:2341).
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Name: William S. Blakemore Birth Place: Middlebrook Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1850 Census, Age 10, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 5/1/1861 Place of Enlistment: Sangersville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: I Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Elected 3rd Lt. in Capt. Avis's Co. Provost Guard Staunton 09-22-1862; present until resigned 07-31-1863; Enl. in McNeill's Rangers Muster Sheet: Enlisted absent with leave until "fit for duty" in 06-00-1861; sent on sick furlough for 30 days on 08-30-1861 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Monocacy Md., head - 7/9/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 337 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 332 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Receiving pension in Staunton in 1900. Membership application for Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25 C. V. Staunton 03-19-07
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 7/4/1911 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Staunton Epitaph: |