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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:27219).
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Name: William Patrick Birth Place: Locust Isle on South River near Waynesboro Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Merchant in Waynesboro. 1860 census listed occupation as farmer, Northern District Augusta Co. Deputy Sheriff Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/18/1861 Place of Enlistment: Waynesboro Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Capt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 1st Va. Cav. |
Promotions: Not reelected. Promoted to Maj. 17th Va. Bn. Cav. 6-20-62. Transfers and Other Service:17th Va. Bn. Cav. Muster Sheet: Present until not reelected 4-23-1862. Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Gen. T. J. Jackson wrote of him, He fell in the attack while setting an example of gallantry to his men well worthy of imitation. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart wrote, He lived long enough to witness the triumph of our arms and expired thus in the arms of victory. The sacrifice was noble, but the loss was irreparable. |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Groveton - 8/29/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1872 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1867 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Groveton Date of Death: 9/2/1862 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Patrick Cemetery at Locust Isle (next to Hugh Cassell Elementary School, Waynesboro) Epitaph: |