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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:2474).
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Name: James H. Callison Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmer and Surveyor, age 38, 1st District, Augusta Co. Capt., Middlebrook Guards |
Date of Enlistment: 10/18/1864 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 997 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 991 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Moved to Illinois 1865 and worked for Leander and Cyrus McCormick; returned to Augusta Co. 1867. 1870 Census, Farmer, age 47, Riverheads District, Augusta Co. Farmer; served as county surveyor and member of County Board of Supervisors
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: near Middlebrook Date of Death: 3/8/1889 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Old Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |