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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:27230).
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Name: William Henry Rader Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 census listed occupation as student, age 14, Northern Dist. Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 5/20/1862 Place of Enlistment: Richmond 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. Furloughed for 60 days 3-8-64. Present winter 64-65. Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Littleton, Pa., fractured scapula, gunshot wound, and saber cuts to cheek, shoulder 3-00-1864 - 6/30/1863 Hospital: Richmond Hosp. 3-7-1864 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1432 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1427 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Graduated from UVa. 1870, M.D. M.D. in Timberville and Piedmont, W.Va. 1888. Member, Stonewall Jackson Camp, CV, Staunton. M.D. in Durango, Co. 1922.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Colibran, Mesa Co., Colorado Date of Death: 10/19/1937 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |