Soldiers Records

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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:30085).

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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Bernard Pforr

Birth Place: Baltimore, Md.

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

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: 2nd Cpl.

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Transfer Company:

Regiment: Staunton Artillery

Promotions: Promoted 6th Cpl.; To 4th Cpl.; To 2nd Cpl.

Transfers and Other Service:

Muster Sheet: Enlisted as Pvt.; Present through 04-16-1862; Present through 10-31-1862; Present as Pvt. 11-00-1862 Through 02-00-1863; Present as 7th Cpl. 03-00-1863 Through 06-00-1863; Present as 4th Cpl. 07-00-1863 Through 08-00-1863; Present as 2nd Cpl. Through 12-00-1863; Absent on leave 01-00-1864 Through 02-00-1864; Present until died of wounds received at Spotsylvania C.H. 05-10-1864

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Paroled: //

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Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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Killed in Action:

Wounded in Action: Spotsylvania C.H. - //

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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: obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place:

Date of Death: 5/10/1864

Cause of Death:

Burial Place: Thornrose Cem.

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