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:30100).

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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: William Valentine Ryan

Birth Place:

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:

Date of Enlistment: 3/17/1862

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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Regiment: Staunton Artillery

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Muster Sheet: Present through 04-16-1862; Absent, sick 08-31-1862; AWOL 09-00-1862 Through 10-00-1862, however in Staunton hosp. 09-24-1862 Through 10-31-1862; Present 11-00-1862 Through 02-00-1863; Present in arrest 03-00-1863 Through 04-00-1863; Present 05-00-1863 Through 08-00-1863; Present in arrest 09-00-1863; Present, undergoing sentence of CM 04-00-1864; Present 05-00-1864 Through 09-00-1864; AWOL 10-23-1864 Through 11-00-1864; Present 11-01-1864 Through 02-28-1865

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Paroled: 5/11/1865

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Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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Wounded in Action: - //

Hospital: In Staunton hosp. With "mashed foot by artillery piece", 09-24-1862 Through 10-31-1862

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

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