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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:27267).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: James Alexander Turk Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 census listed occupation as student, in Staunton. Attended Washington College 1863-4. |
Date of Enlistment: // Place of Enlistment: 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:Enl. Rockbridge Jr. Reserves, Lexington 6-64. Had horse shot from under him at Battle of Piedmont 6-5-64. Muster Sheet: Absent wounded three months. Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/25/1865 Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Cedar Creek, arm, fractured wrist, and in shoulder; High Bridge, thigh, 4-6-1865 Rode home in that condition. - 10/19/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1433 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1428 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Graduated from Washington College. Railroad contractor after graduated. 1870 census listed occupation as farmer, 2nd District, Augusta Co. Moved to Richmond. Cattle broker in Richmond.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Richmond Date of Death: 1/1/1888 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |