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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:2668).
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Name: William Harvey Dennison Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Laborer, age 17, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 3/10/1862 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: G Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To Cpl. 10-03-1862 Transfers and Other Service:Transf. to Co. C 03-31-1863 Muster Sheet: Returned 12-00-1862 from being wounded at Manassas; on clothing voucher 12-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Manassas; Payne's Farm, slightly in abdomen - 8/28/1862 Hospital: Hosp. 01-00-1863 to 08-00-1863; wounded, Chimborazo Hospital Richmond after Payne's Farm Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 456 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 451 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer in Mossy Creek 1910
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 3/12/1929 Cause of Death: Burial Place: St Michael's Church Cemetery Epitaph: |