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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:29856).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: Charles E. Butler Birth Place: Frederick Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Laborer, Staunton, 1860 census |
Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: 4th Sgt. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: Staunton Artillery |
Promotions: Elected 7th Sgt. 04-22-1862; To 6th Sgt.; To 5th Sgt.; To 4th Sgt. Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Enlisted as Pvt.; Present until absent, sick with typhoid fever 07-28-1861 Through 08-00-1861; Present 09-00-1861 Through 04-16-1862; Present through 10-00-1862; Present as 6th Sgt. 11-00-1862 Through 02-00-1863; Present as 5th Sgt. 03-00-1863 Through 04-00-1863; Absent, wounded from 05-02-1863 Through 07-00-1863; Present as Pvt. 09-00-1863 Through 10-19-1864, captured at Cedar Creek 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: Chancellorsville left knee; Bristoe Station 08-27-1863 - 5/3/1863 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 359 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 323 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Nurseryman, Staunton, 1870 census; Sexton of Thornrose Cem.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Staunton Date of Death: 4/1/1885 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Epitaph: |