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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:2865).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: William Grattan Gilkeson Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 22, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/29/1861 Place of Enlistment: West View Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: 1st Lt. Company: F Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To Cpl. 04-15-1863 Transfers and Other Service:Enlisted in Co. H, 5th Va. Inf. 04-29-1861; Appt. 1st Lt. 07-00-1861; Present 11-00-1861 through 12-00-1861; Not reelected 04-17-1862; Enl. 05-06-1862 Augusta Co. as Pvt. Co. I 14th Regt. Va. Cav. Muster Sheet: Dropped 04-17-1862; present 12-31-1863 to 12-31-1864; present 04-07-1865 as 1st Cpl. Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1468 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1495 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 32, Summerdean Post Office, Augusta Co. Membership application for Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25 U. C. V. Staunton 09-19-03; residing in Churchville; farmer
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Near Churchville Date of Death: 6/19/1916 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Staunton Epitaph: |