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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:27126).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: William Allen. Hanger Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 census listed occupation as overseer, Northern District Augusta Co. |
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: 1st Sgt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 1st Va. Cav. |
Promotions: Appointed 2nd Lt. 8-1-1861; elected 1st Lt. 4-23-1862 Transfers and Other Service:To Invalid Corps, Gordonsville, 5-30-1864 Muster Sheet: Present until absent on recruiting duty 1-2-1862; Present until absent wounded. Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/19/1865 Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Catlett's Station, arm-fractured bone below elbow-ball passed out of elbow. - 8/22/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1869 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1864 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 census listed occupation as farmer, 2nd District Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: near Koiner's Store Date of Death: 5/10/1889 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Riverview Cemetery Epitaph: |