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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:29980).
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Name: Granville Jackson Birth Place: Nelson Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Carpenter, age 22, 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: 2nd Cpl. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: Staunton Artillery |
Promotions: Promoted to 7th Cpl.; Promoted to 6th Cpl.; Promoted to 5th Cpl; Promoted to 2nd Cpl; Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present through 10-31-1862; Present 11-00-1862 Through 12-00-1862; Present 01-00-1863 Through 02-00-1863; Present 03-00-1863 Through 06-00-1863; Present 07-00-1863 Through 08-00-1863; Present as 4th Cpl. 09-00-1863 Through 02-00-1864; Present as 5th Cpl. 03-00-1863 Through 04-00-1863; AWOL 05-10-1864 Through 02-28-1865, however in Richmond hosp. 08-23-1864 And returned to duty 08-24-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: In Richmond hosp. 08-23-1864 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 248 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 223 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Carpenter, age 29, Staunton 1870 census
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: //1882 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |