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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:2348).
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Name: George Gibson Boon Birth Place: England Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Tailor, 1st District, Augusta Co. Sgt., Southern Guard 1860 |
Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861 Place of Enlistment: Augusta Co. Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Sgt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Reduced to Pvt. Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as night watchman Staunton Lunatic Asylum 03-26-1863 to 04-00-1864 Muster Sheet: Absent on leave, not mustered 06-29-1861; absent wounded 12-00-1862 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Reported as on U. S. Army transport (hospital) New York City 04-00-65 |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - 9/16/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1178 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1180 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Living at Staunton 1893
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 3/31/1897 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Epitaph: |