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Name: Thomas Jefferson Walker
Birth Place: Near Staunton
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:
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Date of Enlistment: 3/1/1864
Place of Enlistment: Waynesboro
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: E
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 1st Va. Cav.
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Promotions:
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Muster Sheet: Present until WIA. Absent wounded through 6-64.
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Notes: On postwar roster. Notes that he rejoined unit in the Shenandoah Valley in late 1864 and surrendered at Appomattox C.H.. Last survivor of Co. E.
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Died of Disease:
Killed in Action:
Wounded in Action: Yellow Tavern, in the foot - 5/11/1864
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
Dwelling Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
Postwar Life: 1870 census listed occupation as farmer, 2nd District, Augusta Co. Moved to Denton Co., Texas in 1890. Worked there as a plumber. Listed in Old Soldiers Home, Richmond, in 1935.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Old Soldiers Home, Austin, Texas
Date of Death: 11/29/1938
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Burial Place: State Cemetery, Austin, Texas.
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