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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:27269).
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Name: Silas Henton Walker Birth Place: Near Ft. Defiance Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 census listed occupation as farmer, Northern District Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/19/1861 Place of Enlistment: Waynesboro 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: To 1st Sgt. 8-1-61; Elected 2nd Lt.; To Capt. 00-00-1864 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present until absent recruiting 1-2-1862. Horse killed at Catlett's Station 8-22-1862. Paid $300. Present until WIA. Returned to duty. Present through 6-64. Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: On postwar roster as commanding Co. at end of the war. |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Todd's Tavern, in the heel - 5/7/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1157 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1152 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 census listed occupation as farmer, 2nd District Augusta Co. Member, Va. House of Delegates, 1895-1906. Farmer in Weyer's Cave. Member, Stonewall Jackson Camp, CV, Staunton.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Staunton Date of Death: 5/22/1919 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Mt. Horeb Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |