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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:2860).
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Name: James William Gibson Birth Place: Virginia Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmer, age 32, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/19/1861 Place of Enlistment: Fishersville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: H Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Elected 2nd Lt. 04-23-1861; appointed Capt. 04-17-1862 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Absent sick at Burgess Mill 09-26-1864 and so noted on inspection report 01-28-1865 and 02-27-1865 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/15/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Franklin - 5/11/1862 Hospital: Sick, hosp. 12-00-1862 to 02-00-1863 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1129 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1128 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Express Agent, age 39, South River District, Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 8//1875 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |