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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:2460).
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Name: Preston M. Byers Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, age 22 |
Date of Enlistment: 4/28/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
| Service Information | Military Service Record |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: G Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 2nd Lt. 07-01-1861; to 1st Lt. 04-13-1862 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Mustered in at Harpers Ferry 05-14-1861 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
| Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Manassas - 8/28/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 410 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 405 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Union Presbyterian Church Cemetery Augusta Co. Epitaph: |