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:30089).

Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Henry F. "Harry" Radford

Birth Place: Fluvanna Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:Laborer, age 16, Staunton 1860 census

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: Pvt.

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Transfer Company:

Regiment: Staunton Artillery

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Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as Teamster in QM Dept. 05-00-1864

Muster Sheet: Present until WIA, White Oak Swamp, 06-27-1862; Absent, wounded through 12-31-1862; Present 01-00-1863 Through 04-00-1864; Absent, detailed as teamster in QM Dept. 05-00-1864 Until capture at Piedmont 06-05-1864; In Richmond hosp. With chronic diahorrea 03-09-1865 Through 03-19-1865; Furloughed for 60 days

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Paroled: 4/30/1865

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Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

Died of Disease:

Killed in Action:

Wounded in Action: White Oak Swamp - 6/27/1862

Hospital: In Richmond hosp. With chronic diahorrea 03-09-1865 Through 03-19-1865

Died of Wounds:

Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

Family Number from 1860 census: 217 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 193 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Postwar Life: obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Staunton

Date of Death: 2/29/1896

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