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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:29916).
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Name: William Ward Gibson Birth Place: Orange Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Carpenter, 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: Pvt. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: Staunton Artillery |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present through 08-31-1861; Present on extra duty as Blacksmith 09-00-1861 Through 12-00-1861; Present 01-00-1862 Through 02-00-1863; Absent, on detail to procure horses, Staunton 03-00-1863 Through 04-00-1863; Present 05-00-1863 Through 10-31-1864; Absent, on leave 02-28-1865; Surrendered at Appomattox 04-09-1865 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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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: 1567 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1562 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Carpenter, Beverly Manor Dist., Augusta Co. 1910 census; Member Stonewall Jackson Camp, C.V., Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Staunton Date of Death: 4/19/1916 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Olivet Ch. Cem. Epitaph: |