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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:27013).
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Name: Samuel Hunter or Henry Alexander Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 census listed occupation merchant, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 3/2/1862 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 1st Va. Cav. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as Blacksmith in QM Dept. 7-00-1863; Detailed as Clerk 8-00-1863 Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Todd's Tavern; Yellow Tavern 5-11-1864 - 5/7/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 718 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 694 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 census listed occupation as farmer, Harriston, Augusta Co.; Member Stonewall Jackson Camp, CV, Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Crimora Date of Death: 10/18/1914 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery Epitaph: |