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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:2841).
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Name: James J. Gabbert Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Blacksmith, age 28, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/18/1861 Place of Enlistment: Greenville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Cpl. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Enlisted Co. E, 5th Va. Inf. Greenville 04-18-1861 As 1st Cpl.; Reenl. Staunton Arty., Staunton 02-16-1862 Muster Sheet: Injured shoeing a horse and discharged 09-29-1861; Enlisted in Staunton Arty., at Staunton 03-16-1862; Present through 02-00-1863; Absent, sick 03-00-1863 Through 04-00-1863; Present until WIA, Wilderness 05-06-1864; In hosp., Richmond 05-08-1864 Through 09-00-1864; Present 06-00-1864 Through 02-28-1865 As Blacksmith for Bn.; Surrendered at Appomattox 04-09-1865; Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Injured shoeing a mule. Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse 04-09-65 |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Wilderness - 5/6/1864 Hospital: Wounded, hosp. at Richmond 05-08-1864, 05-09-1864; transf. to hosp. at Staunton with paralysis Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 986 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 976 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Blacksmith, age 37, Riverheads District, Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Near Staunton age 60 Date of Death: 8/29/1893 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |