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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:29829).
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Name: William L. Balthis Birth Place: Charlottesville Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Moved to Staunton as a youth; Master Painter, 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: Capt. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: Staunton Artillery |
Promotions: To 1st Lt. 09-00-1861; Elected Capt. 04-22-1862 Transfers and Other Service:Commanding Staunton Home Battery, Local Defense Troops 08-24-1863; Enlisted in cavalry and WIA 09-04-1864 Muster Sheet: Enlisted as 3rd Lt.; Present through 08-00-1861; Present through 04-00-1862; Present through 08-00-1862; Absent, sick 09-12-1862 Or 09-13-1862; Resigned 12-13-1862 For ill health; Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Bull Ru ; Malvern Hill 07-01-1862, disabled; 09-04-1864 While in cavalry - 7/12/1861 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 207 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 188 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: House painter, Staunton, 1870 census; druggist, Staunton; Mayor of Staunton 00-00-76 Through 00-00-81; Moved to Baltimore 00-00-88; Member, Stonewall Jackson Camp, C.V., Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Gastonia, N.C. Date of Death: 10/4/1913 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton Epitaph: |