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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:30215).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: William Frazier Allen Birth Place: Bath Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Moved to Rockbridge Co. as a child; Student, age 19, Northern Dist. Augusta Co. 1860 census |
Date of Enlistment: 4/19/1861 Place of Enlistment: Churchville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: C Transfer Company: Regiment: 14th Va. Cav. |
Promotions: To 1st Sgt.; Elected 3rd Lt. 03-19-1863 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present through 08-31-1861; Present 09-00-1862 through 10-00-1862 as 1st Sgt.; Present 11-00-1862 through 04-00-1863; KIA, Gettysburg 07-02-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
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: 1635 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1630 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Gettysburg Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Buried on the field by his father who left his pocket knife as identification; Removed by mother and brother to Augusta Co. after the war Epitaph: |