Soldiers Records

From Compiled Military Service Records at National Archives

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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:30083).

Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Robert C. Peaco

Birth Place: Augusta Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:

Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861

Place of Enlistment: Staunton

Age at Enlistment:

Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

Conscript or Substitute:

Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: 7th Cpl.

Company:

Transfer Company:

Regiment: Staunton Artillery

Promotions: To 8th Cpl; To 7th Cpl.

Transfers and Other Service:

Muster Sheet: Present through 10-31-1862; Present 11-00-1862 Through 12-00-1862; Present 01-00-1863 Through 02-00-1863; Present as Pvt. 03-11-1863; AWOL 12-30-1863 Through 12-31-1863; Present 01-00-1864; Absent, detailed to catch fish in Rappahannock River, 03-00-1864 Through 04-00-1864; Present 05-00-1864 Through 02-28-1865;

Captured:

Missing In Action:

Prison:

AWOL:

Deserted:

Discharge:

Paroled: 4/30/1865

Notes:

Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Dwelling Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Postwar Life: Farmer, age 26, 1st Dist., Augusta Co. 1870 census obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Near Staunton

Date of Death: 10/29/1880

Cause of Death:

Burial Place: Thornrose Cem.

Epitaph: