Soldiers Records

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Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia
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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Benjamin Givens Patterson

Birth Place: Augusta Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:Graduated from Washington College 1855. 1860 census listed occupation as lawyer, Harrisonburg, Va.

Date of Enlistment: 5/22/1861

Place of Enlistment: Harrisonburg

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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: 1st Lt.

Company: I

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 1st Va. Cav.

Promotions: Promoted to Capt. 6-11-1863

Transfers and Other Service:Enl. Co. H 7th Va. Cav. 4-1-62 as Pvt. Served also in Co. B 47th Bn. Va. Cav. which became Co. H 23rd Va. Cav.

Muster Sheet: Present until resigned for ill health 7-29-61. Served on staff of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart. Enl. Co. H 7th Va. Cav.

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Wounded in Action: Strasburg - 9/22/1864

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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

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Postwar Life: 1870 census listed occupation as lawyer, Harrisonburg. President of Valley Turnpike Co. Member Va. House of Delegates 1885-99 from Rockingham Co. Member S. B. Gibbons Camp, CV, Harrisonburg. obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Richmond

Date of Death: 3/18/1900

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Burial Place: Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery near Crimora, Augusta Co.

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