Soldiers Records

From Compiled Military Service Records at National Archives

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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:27022).

Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Norval Willis Batis

Birth Place: Near New Hope, Augusta Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:

Date of Enlistment: 4/19/1861

Place of Enlistment: Waynesboro

Age at Enlistment:

Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

Conscript or Substitute:

Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Pvt.

Company: E

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 1st Va. Cav.

Promotions:

Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as Blacksmith in QM Dept. of Regt. 5-16-1861 to 12-31-1861; Detailed Blacksmith in Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's HQ 5-00-1863 to 5-00-1864

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Prison:

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Discharge:

Paroled: //

Notes: Surrendered with unit at Greensboro, N.C. 5-13-65

Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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Killed in Action:

Wounded in Action: - //

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Died of Wounds:

Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Dwelling Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Postwar Life: 1910 census listed as blacksmith, Bell's Valley Rockbridge Co. obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Eastham, Albemarle Co.

Date of Death: 5/3/1920

Cause of Death:

Burial Place: Ingram Cem., Bell's Valley Rockbridge Co.

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