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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:2643).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: Edwin Merrill Cushing Birth Place: Staunton Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1850 Census, Confectioner, age 20, Staunton. 1860 Census, Constable, age 29, Staunton |
Date of Enlistment: // Place of Enlistment: Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Musician Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Served in Stonewall Brigade Band and QM Department Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
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: 62 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 62 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Auctioneer, age 44, Staunton. Member of Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25 C. V. Staunton 05-13-93
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Staunton age 73 Date of Death: 12/7/1903 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Staunton Epitaph: |