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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:2518).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: James W. Cash Birth Place: Rockbridge Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Wagoner, age 26, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/18/1861 Place of Enlistment: Greenville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed to drive wagon for regt. 01-21-1862 Muster Sheet: Mustered in at Harpers Ferry 05-19-1861; signed clothing voucher at hosp. Staunton 10-17-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Chancellorsville, both bones shattered in left leg - 5/3/1863 Hospital: Sick, hosp. 10-00-1861 to 12-00-1861 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 872 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 862 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 35, Riverheads District, Augusta Co. Receiving pension at Vesuvius 1890
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Vesuvius Date of Death: 11/15/1895 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Shoney Hill Cemetery Vesuvius Rockbridge Co. Epitaph: |