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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:27091).
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Name: Elliot Guthrie Fishburne Birth Place: Waynesboro Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:a.k.a. Fish. a.k.a. Ellie. Att. Washington College. 1860 census listed occupation as student, Northern District Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 5/2/1861 Place of Enlistment: Waynesboro 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: Appointed 1st Cpl. 5-1-1862; Promoted 4th Sgt. 4-6-1863 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Present Appomattox C.H. |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Raccoon Ford; Todd's Tavern 5-7-1864 - 9//1863 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1920 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1915 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Merchant, Millboro, 1865-75. Drug Store owner and operator, Waynesboro, 1875-1906. Member Stonewall Jackson Camp, CV, Staunton.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Waynesboro Date of Death: 2/25/1906 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Riverview Cemetery Epitaph: |