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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:2858).
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Name: Alexander Gibson Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmer, 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: Pvt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Refused to reenlist 00-00-1862; sent from camp 06-10-1862 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Hosps. at Winchester and Staunton 02-00-1862; Lovingston Hospital 08-09-1862 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1078 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1074 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 41, Riverheads District, Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Augusta Co. age 76 Date of Death: 1/2/1903 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |