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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:2642).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: Edwin L. Curtis Birth Place: Saratoga Springs N. Y. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Came to Mt. Solon, 1852. 1860 Census, Teacher, age 32, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 5/11/1861 Place of Enlistment: Sangersville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: 1st Lt. Company: I Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 1st Lt. Co. I Commanding Co. 10-00-1862; to Capt. 04-17-1862; commanding regt. 03-22-1865 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Mustered in at Harpers Ferry 05-22-1861; returned 02-00-1863 from being wounded at Fredericksburg Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/4/1865 Notes: He was a gallant and faithful officer and service through the whole war except when disabled by wounds, in that famed command, surrendering with the army at Appomattox. |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Sharpsburg; Fredericksburg 12-13-1862 - 9/17/1862 Hospital: Stuart Hospital Richmond 04-02-1865; transf. 04-26-1865 to Jackson Hospital Richmond Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 342 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 337 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Teacher, age 44, 3rd District, Augusta Co. Collector for Internal Revenue Service
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Greenwood Stn. Albemarle Co Date of Death: 8/7/1887 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Staunton Epitaph: |