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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:2955).
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Name: James Harvey Hamilton Birth Place: Virginia Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farm Manager, age 20, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/29/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: F Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Enl. Co. F 5th Va. Inf. 04-29-1861 Staunton; Pvt. in Capt. J. K. Koiner's Co. 32nd Va. Militia, exempt 03-00-1862 heart disease, age 22; Enl. Co. C 52nd Va. Inf. Staunton 11-23-1864 Muster Sheet: 25-1862 to 12-31-1861; absent not reported on rolls 11-00-1864, 11-00-1864; Reported for duty 06-15-1861; Absent has never reported on rolls to 12-31-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Hosp. at Staunton 07-25-1861; so carried on rolls to 12-00-1861 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1659 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1654 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 30, 2nd District, Augusta Co. Farmer in Fishersville 1897
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: s Creek Augusta Co. Date of Death: 1/24/1917 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |