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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:3034).
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Name: Samuel McCune Helms Birth Place: Fishersville Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Removed to Spring Hill, where his father was a cabinetmaker and undertaker; served as Pvt. in Capt. Kenton Harper's Light Inf. Co. 1st Regt. Va. Vols. 1846-1848 during Mexican War; moved to Middlebrook; elected Lt., Southern Guard 1860. 1860 Census, Cabinetmaker, age 29, Middlebrook. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861 Place of Enlistment: Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 2nd Lt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Enl. 03-19-1863 as Pvt. Co. D Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // 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: 1172 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1174 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Commissioned Capt. in Va. Militia 08-20-66 by Gov. Pierpont. 1870 Census, Cabinetmaker, age 40, Riverheads District, Augusta Co. Resided in Middlebrook but living in Steele's Tavern 1893; his great interest was cabinet making, and fine pieces of his furniture, signed, are still in the family
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Midway Date of Death: 2/29/1911 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church Cemetery Steele's Tavern beside his wife Epitaph: |