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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:29962).
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Name: Powell Harrison Birth Place: Loudon Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Graduated U.Va. A.M. and L.B. Lawyer, Staunton 00-00-61 |
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 Sgt. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: Staunton Artillery |
Promotions: Appointed Capt. And Commissary 18th Va. Cav. 04-11-1863 To rank from 01-10-1863 Transfers and Other Service:Appointed Capt. And Commissary 18th Va. Cav. 04-11-1863 To rank from 01-10-1863 Muster Sheet: Present through 08-31-1862; Absent on leave 09-00-1862 Through 12-00-1862 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/8/1865 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: 412 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 367 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Moved back to Loudon Co. after the war
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Loudon Co. Date of Death: 4/12/1878 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |