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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:27217).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: Martin Van Buren Palmer Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 census listed resident of 1st 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: Pvt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 1st Va. Cav. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as teamster in QM Dept. 12-9-61-6-63. Muster Sheet: Present until detailed as teamster. Present until WIA. Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Reams Station - 8/25/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 521 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 478 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 census listed occupation as farmer, Riverheads Dist. Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Oak Hill near Waynesboro Date of Death: 2/10/1912 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery Epitaph: |