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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:2602).
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Name: David Alfred Cooke Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Laborer, age 19, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/31/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: L Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Served as a nurse at Jordan Spgs. hosp. Muster Sheet: Absent sick 06-00-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 4/9/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Sick, various hosps. to 02-26-1865 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 939 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 934 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Removed to Ky. 1870 and to Fla. 1876; resided in Jacksonville Fla. as a jeweler 1879
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: //1915 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Evergreen Cemetery Jacksonville Fla. Epitaph: |