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:29909).

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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Thomas Taylor Galt

Birth Place:

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:

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: QM Sgt.

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Transfer Company:

Regiment: Staunton Artillery

Promotions:

Transfers and Other Service:Appointed 6th Cpl. 07-21-1861 For good conduct in battle of Bull Run; To QM Sgt.; To 5th Sgt.

Muster Sheet: Enlisted as Pvt.; Present 09-00-1861 Through 04-16-1862; Present 04-17-1862 Through 10-00-1862 As Pvt.; Present as QM Sgt. 11-00-1862 Through 12-00-1862; Present as 5th Sgt. 01-00-1863; Present as QM Sgt. 03-00-1863 Through 07-00-1863; Absent, sick 08-02-1863 Through 08-31-1863; In hosp., Richmond 10-17-1863, 12-18-1863, 02-17-1864, 04-18-1864, furloughed for 60 days;

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Discharge:

Paroled: 5/3/1865

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Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

Died of Disease:

Killed in Action:

Wounded in Action: - //

Hospital: In hosp. Richmond with Vascular Disease of the Heart 10-17-1863; In hosp. With debility 12-18-1863; In hosp. With Endo Carditis 02-17-1864; In hosp. With double hernia 04-18-1864

Died of Wounds:

Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

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

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

Postwar Life: Died at age 35 obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Fluvanna Co.

Date of Death: 7/22/1866

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