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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:30076).
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Name: Hierome Lindsay Jr. Opie Birth Place: Virginia Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Attended U.Va.. 00-00-56 Through 00-00-57; Lawyer, Covington, age 23, no occupation, Northern Dist., Augusta Co. 00-00-60 Census |
Date of Enlistment: 8/23/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton 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 Co. D 6th Va. Cav. 08-31-1862; Transferred to Gen. William L. Jackson's staff as Lt. And Drillmaster 11-03-1863 Muster Sheet: Present until absent, sick in hosp. Richmond 11-04-1861 Through 04-16-1862 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Death date not certain |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Sick in Richmond hosp. 11-04-1861 Through 04-16-1862 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1969 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1964 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer, age 33, Mt. Sidney PO, Augusta Co. 1870 census
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Covington, Ky. Date of Death: 5/25/1892 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |