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Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia
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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Warren Seymour Lurty

Birth Place: Clarksburg

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:Lawyer

Date of Enlistment: 8/16/1861

Place of Enlistment: Staunton

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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Pvt.

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Regiment: Staunton Artillery

Promotions: Appointed Adjutant, 37th Bn. Va. Cav., though not on muster rolls and 19th Va. Cav.; Promoted AAG, William L. Jackson's Brigade of Cavalry; Promoted Captain of Lurty's Battery, Va. Horse Arty. 10-08-1863

Transfers and Other Service:Served in Capt. Richards Co., 6th Va. Cav.; Served as Captain of Lurty's Battery, Va. Horse Artillery

Muster Sheet: Present until transferred to 6th Va. Cav. 01-27-1863; Present 01-00-1864 Through 04-00-1864; Commanding Jackson's Bn. Horse Arty. After Major Jackson was WIA, Ninevah Ch. And captured 2 hours later 11-12-1864

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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

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Postwar Life: Resident of Harrison Co.; U.S. District Attorney of western Va. For 10 years; Appointed first U.S. Marshal of Oklahoma by Pres. Grant; Lawyer, Harrisonburg, 00-00-84 Through 00-00-01; Member, S.B. Gibbons Camp, CV, Harrisonburg; obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Harrisonburg

Date of Death: 2/2/1906

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Burial Place: Woodbine Cem.

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