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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:27176).
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Name: Martin Luther Leonard Birth Place: Waynesboro Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 census listed occupation as teacher, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/24/1861 Place of Enlistment: Fairfax C.H. 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: Muster Sheet: Present until WIA Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/16/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Todd's Tavern - 5/7/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1819 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1814 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 census listed occupation as miller, 2nd District, Augusta Co. Farmer in Waynesboro, 1910. Member, Stonewall Jackson Camp, CV, Staunton.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: near Waynesboro Date of Death: 12/25/1919 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery Epitaph: |