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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:27143).
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Name: William Lyle Hunter Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 census listed occupation as student, 1st 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: To 4th Cpl. 11-10-1861; To 4th Sgt. 5-1-1862; Elected 2nd Lt. Co. A 43rd Bn. Cav. (Mosby's) 6-10-1863; To 1st Lt. 3-28-1864 Transfers and Other Service:Detailed with Mosby 1-18-1863 Muster Sheet: Present until absent on recruiting duty 1-2-1862. Present until captured. Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/18/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: near Falmouth Returned to duty.; near Warrenton 4-25-1863 - 2/25/1863 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 632 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 598 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Moved to Cerro Gordo near Death Valley, Ca., 1868. Resident Lone Pine, Ca., 1880. With his brother operated pack train to haul borax out of Death Valley and water in. County Clerk, Inyo, Ca., 1884-86. Resident, George's Creek, Inyo Co., Ca. 1886.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: George's Creek Date of Death: 9/27/1907 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |