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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:29974).
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Name: George Hiram Hudson Birth Place: Albemarle Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Master Carpenter, age 32, 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: 5th Sgt. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: Staunton Artillery |
Promotions: Appointed Master Carriage Maker 09-01-1861 Transfers and Other Service:Enlisted in 5th Va. Inf. Muster Sheet: Enlisted as Artificer; Present as Artificer and Wagonmaker through 08-31-1861; Present until discharge 07-17-1862, overage; Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Fisher's Hill, lost leg - 9/22/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 97 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 96 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Carpenter, age 46, Staunton 1870 census; Commissioner of Revenue for city of Staunton for 18 years
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Staunton Date of Death: 6/4/1886 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cem. Epitaph: |