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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:30066).
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Name: William James Nelson Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Graduated from U.Va. 00-00-51 LLB; Graduated Washington Col. 00-00-52 A.B.; Graduated Lexington Law School; Lawyer, Wheeling; Farmer, Northern Dist., Augusta Co. 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: 5th Cpl. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: Staunton Artillery |
Promotions: To 5th Cpl. For gallantry in battle of Bull Run 07-21-1861 Transfers and Other Service:Enlisted in Co. A 10th Va. Cav. After service with Staunton Arty., and served until the end of war Muster Sheet: Enlisted as Pvt.; Present, sick 08-31-1861; Furnished Charles A. Jewell as substitute and discharged 10-01-1861 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: 1562 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1557 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Iron Foundry Manager, Staunton 00-00-65 Through 00-00-75; Planter and Lawyer, Florence Ala.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Florence, Alabama Date of Death: 2/26/1903 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cem., Staunton Epitaph: |