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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:29828).
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Name: George Aaron Armentrout Birth Place: Rockbridge Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Moved to Staunton 00-00-48; House painter, jailor, age 40, Staunton, 1860 census; |
Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 2nd Sgt. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: Staunton Artillery |
Promotions: Elected Lt. 09-00-1861 But not commissioned; Present until 04-16-1862, not reelected; Rank of Capt. Indicated 03-02-1865 Transfers and Other Service:1st Lt. Marquis' Battery Va. Res. Staunton 04-00-1864 Muster Sheet: Present as Pvt. 08-00-1861; Present Piedmont 06-05-1861; Capt., Waynesboro 03-02-1865 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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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: 4 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 4 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Tobacco store owner, age 51, Staunton, 1870 census
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Staunton Date of Death: 12/8/1898 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Epitaph: |