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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:30202).
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Name: Lylleton Jr. Waddell Birth Place: Near Staunton Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Attended Staunton Acad.; Asst. Editor, Staunton Spectator, Staunton 1860 census; Merchant, Churchville |
Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: QM Sgt. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: Staunton Artillery |
Promotions: Promoted 2nd Lt. in Signal Corps Transfers and Other Service:Promoted 2nd Lt. in Signal Corps; Conscripted, Augusta Co. 03-28-1864 and assigned to Co. A(2nd), 62nd Va. Inf. Muster Sheet: Enlisted as QM Sgt.; Present as Pvt. until discharge 10-01-1861, provided substitute; Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 4/30/1865 Notes: |
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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: 159 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 148 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Merchant, Pastures Dist., Augusta 1970 census; Editor, Charlottesville Chronicle and Merchant, Charlottesville
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Charlottesville Date of Death: 5/31/1880 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cem., Staunton Epitaph: |