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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:30339).
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Name: Charles Thomas Harris Birth Place: Near White Hall, Albemarle Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Move to Augusta Co., age 7; Laborer, age 15, Northern Dist. Augusta Co. 1860 census |
Date of Enlistment: 6/8/1863 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: Capt. Avis Transfer Company: Regiment: Provost Guard, Staunton |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Assigned to Co. A, 11th Va. Cav., 04-02-1864 Muster Sheet: Pres. until sent to Camp Lee, Richmond as conscript, 03-31-1864; pres. through 04-30-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/12/1865 Notes: Last survivor of 11th Va. Cav. |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Wilderness; Blackwater, right side, 09-16-1864 on pension application - 5/6/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1508 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1503 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer near Staunton; Member, Stonewall Jackson Camp, CV, Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Augusta Co. Date of Death: 4/7/1934 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cem., Staunton Epitaph: |