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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:27144).
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Name: James Estill Irvine Birth Place: Deerfield Valley Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 census listed occupation as lumberman, 1st District Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/19/1861 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: Transfers and Other Service:Reenlisted Co. C 14th Va. Cav. 10-00-1863; Transf. Co. E 1st Va. Cav. 7-00-1864 Muster Sheet: Present until absent sick 12-24-61. Returned to duty. Present until furnished substitute and discharged. Reenlisted. Present through 8-64 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/25/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Middlebrook in the arm - 6/10/1864 Hospital: Charlottesville Hosp. 12-24-1861 with jaundice Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 743 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 725 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer, Saw Mill Operator, and Teacher, Middlebrook, Parnassus, Mt. Solon, and Christian's Creek.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Near Stuart's Draft Date of Death: 3/27/1909 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Tinkling Spring Presb. Church Cemetery Epitaph: |