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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:30137).
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Name: Jefferson P. Coffman Birth Place: Moscow, Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Student, age 14, Northern Dist. Augusta Co. 1860 census |
Date of Enlistment: 11/1/1863 Place of Enlistment: Augusta Co. Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Company: B Transfer Company: Regiment: 62nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 12-31-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/20/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Ab. Sick in Charlottesville hospital, diarrhea, 06-15-1864, Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 368 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 363 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmhand, age 24, 3rd Dist. Augusta Co. 1870 census; Receiving pension, Burketown, 1904
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Mt. Sidney Date of Death: 2/19/1917 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Mt. Pisgah Methodist Church Cem. Epitaph: |