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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:27188).
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Name: Thomas Walker McClung Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 census listed occupation as teacher, Northern 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: 1st Lt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 1st Va. Cav. |
Promotions: Elected Capt. 4-22-1862 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present until absent recruiting 1-2-1862. Present until WIA. Present through 6-64. Present 9-15-10-8-64. Present 12-31-64 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/1/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Gettysburg Returned to duty. - 7/3/1863 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1155 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1150 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 census listed occupation as farmer, 2nd District Augusta Co. Farmer in Harriston, Augusta Co., 1902.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Harriston Date of Death: 11/16/1914 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Mt. Horeb Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |