Name: George William Long
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Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
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Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: 1st Cpl.
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Regiment: Staunton Artillery
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Promotions: Promoted to 1st Cpl.
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Muster Sheet: Enlisted as Pvt.; Present through 08-31-1863; Present 09-00-1863 Until WIA, Spotsylvania C.H. 05-12-1864; Absent, wounded in Richmond hosp. Through 07-00-1864; Present 08-00-1864; Absent, detailed to arrest absentees 09-10-1864; Present 11-00-1864 Through 02-28-1865; Surrendered at Appomattox, 04-09-1865
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Notes: Surrendered at Appomattox 04-09-65
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Wounded in Action: Spotsylvania C.H., right shoulder, - 5/12/1864
Hospital: In hosp, Richmond, wounded since wounds received at Spotsylvania C.H. 05-12-1864 Through 07-00-1864
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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Postwar Life: Farmer and Dairyman near Staunton; Member, Stonewall Jackson Camp, CV, Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Ivy, Albemarle Co.
Date of Death: 8/25/1911
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