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Name: Moses James Kavanaugh
Birth Place: Co. Wexford, Ireland
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:Came to New Orleans;
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Date of Enlistment: 5/17/1862
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
Conscript or Substitute:
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Rank: Pvt.
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Transfer Company:
Regiment: Staunton Artillery
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Promotions:
Transfers and Other Service:Served in Wheat's 1st La. Bn. Inf. Until disbanded
Muster Sheet: Enlisted in Staunton Artillery as a substitute for William L. Lushbaugh; Present until WIA, Spotsylvania C.H., 05-12-1864; Absent, wounded in hosp. Richmond and Staunton until retired 10-29-1864
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Died of Disease:
Killed in Action:
Wounded in Action: Spotsylvania C.H., lost right arm, - 5/12/1864
Hospital: In Richmond and Staunton hospitals since wounding at Spotsylvania C.H. 05-12-1864 Until 10-29-1864
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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: Night Watchman, Iron Mines, Pastures Township, Augusta Co. 1870 census; Watchman, Deaf Dumb and Blind Asylum, Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Staunton
Date of Death: 9/16/1885
Cause of Death:
Burial Place: Thornrose Cem.
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