Soldiers Records

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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:29833).

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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: James W. Beal

Birth Place:

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

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Prewar Life:

Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861

Place of Enlistment: Staunton

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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: 3rd Cpl.

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Regiment: Staunton Artillery

Promotions: To 3rd Cpl. From Pvt.

Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as guard, Orange C.H., 03-00-1864 Through 04-00-1864

Muster Sheet: Present until AWOL 09-17-1862 Through 10-04-1862; Present in arrest 11-31-1862 Through 04-00-1863; Present until 06-19-1863; Absent, sick 06-19-1863 Through 06-30-1863; Present from 07-00-1863 Through 02-00-1864; Present as 3rd Cpl. 05-00-1864 Through 08-00-1864; Absent, sick 08-08-1864 Through 08-31-1864, in Richmond hosp.; AWOL 10-19-1864 Through 02-28-1865

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Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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Hospital: Present in Richmond hosp. With Dysentery 08-08-1864 Through 08-31-1864

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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

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Postwar Life: Alive 00-00-82 obituary states he was a sharpshooter

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