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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:30058).
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Name: Henry Bowyer Michie Birth Place: Staunton Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Editor, Staunton Vindicator, Staunton 1860 census |
Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861 Place of Enlistment: Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: Staunton Artillery |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Transferred to Capt. Richards Co., 6th Va. Cav. 01-20-1863; Served to end of war; Attempted to join Gen. Kirby Smith in Trans-Mississippi, but turned back Muster Sheet: Present through 09-30-1861; Absent, sick, 10-14-1861 Through 11-04-1861; Present 11-05-1861 Through 08-31-1862; Absent, sick 09-00-1862 Through 10-00-1862; Present 11-00-1862 Until transferred to Capt. Richards Co., 6th Va. Cav. 01-20-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 401 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 358 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Grad. Washington Col., LLD 00-00-66; Lawyer, Staunton 00-00-66 Through 00-00-78; Farmer, Leesburg; Lawyer and Editor-Owner Charlottesville Chronicle; Member, J.B. Strange Camp, CV, Charlottesville
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Montreat, Amherst Co. Date of Death: 3/13/1895 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cem., Staunton Epitaph: |