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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:2987).
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Name: William Henry Harman Birth Place: Waynesboro Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Mexican War Veteran; admitted to bar 1851; Commonwealth's Attorney for Augusta Co. to 1861. 1860 Census, Lawyer, age 33, Staunton. Capt. in West Augusta Guard 1858; Brig. Gen. in 13th Brig. 5th Div. Va. Militia 1860-1861 |
Date of Enlistment: 5/7/1861 Place of Enlistment: Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Lt. Col. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To Col. 09-11-1861 vice Kenton Harper who resigned; appointed AAG, P.A.C.S., to rank from 02-19-1864 Transfers and Other Service:Volunteer aide-de-camp as Col. to Gen. Edward Johnson 05-17-1862. Col. of Reserves at Battle of Piedmont 06-05-1864, Lynchburg, and Salem Muster Sheet: Present Bull Run 07-21-1861; dropped 04-21-1862 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Grand Master of Masons in Va. at time of death; monument to his memory on West Main Street Waynesboro |
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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: 402 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 359 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |