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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:2981).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: Asher Waterman Harman Birth Place: Near Waynesboro Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmer, age 30, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/28/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Capt. Company: G Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To Maj. 02-00-1862; appointed Col. 12th Regt. Va. Cav. 06-21-1862 Transfers and Other Service:Detailed on special duty as QM officer Staunton. Appointed Col. 12th Regt. Va. Cav. 06-21-1862 Muster Sheet: Sick at home 10-00-1861 to 02-00-1862; dropped 04-17-1862 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 4/30/1865 Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Brandy Station - 6/9/1863 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1605 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1600 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 40, 2nd District, Augusta Co. In 1870 began the first of his railroad enterprises which continued for the remainder of his life; part owner with Michael G. Harman of stage lines from Va. to Tenn.; had lived in Richmond for two years at his death
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Richmond Date of Death: 4/9/1895 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Staunton Epitaph: |