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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:29906).
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Name: Alexander Hamilton Fultz Birth Place: Warm Springs, Bath Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Moved to Staunton 00-00-39; Attended U.Va..; Attended Washington Col. Law School, 00-00-55 Through 00-00-56; Lawyer, 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: 1st Lt. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: Staunton Artillery |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Promoted 5th Cpl.; Promoted QM Sgt. 11-01-1861; Elected 2nd Lt. 04-00-1862; To Jr. 1st Lt.; Promoted to Sr. 1st Lt. 12-13-1862 Muster Sheet: Enlisted as Pvt.; Present 07-00-1861 Through 10-00-1861; Present 09-00-1861 Through 10-00-1861; Present 11-00-1861 Through 02-00-1862; Present as Jr. 1st Lt. 04-16-1862 Through 12-31-1862; Present 01-00-1863 Through 04-00-1863; Present through 10-00-1863; Commanding battery 11-00-1863 Through 12-00-1863; Present 01-00-1864 Through 08-00-1864; Commanding battery 09-00-1864 Through 10-00-1864; Absent, detached with horses in rear 11-01-1864 Through 02-28-1865; On detail 10 miles south of Appomattox C.H. at surrender 04-09-1865 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 6/1/1862 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Chancellorsville, foot, While commanding battery - 5/3/1863 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1097 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1092 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer, Augusta Co., 00-00-65 Through 00-00-67; Lawyer, Staunton 1870 census; Commander, Staunton Arty. (militia) 00-00-75 Through 00-00-82; Mayor of Staunton 00-00-88 Through 00-00-96; Member of Stonewall Jackson Camp, C.V., Staunton; Moved to Paoli, Pa. 00-00-98
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Paoli, Pa. Date of Death: 12/3/1908 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Presb. Church Cemetery, Paoli, Pa. Epitaph: |