Soldiers Records

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Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia
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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Augustus Alfred Cone

Birth Place: Bellow Fails, Vt.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:Came to Staunton, 00-00-59

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: 4th Cpl.

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Regiment: Staunton Artillery

Promotions: Promoted to 4th Cpl. 11-01-1861

Transfers and Other Service:Lt., Marquis' Battery, Va. Reserves 04-00-1864; Present Piedmont 06-05-1864

Muster Sheet: Enlisted as Pvt.; Present through 11-00-1861; Present through 04-16-1862; Absent, sick as Pvt. 08-31-1862; Discharged 11-26-1862 On grounds of being a Marylander

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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

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Postwar Life: Jeweler, age 34, Staunton 1870 census obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Staunton

Date of Death: 2/18/1888

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Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery

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