Name: Henry C. Hite
Birth Place: Moffett's Creek, Augusta Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:
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Date of Enlistment: 3/8/1864
Place of Enlistment: Orange Courthouse
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
Conscript or Substitute:
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: D
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 39th Btn. Va. Cav.
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Promotions:
Transfers and Other Service:Courier, Gen. R. E. Lee
Muster Sheet: Furloughed to Augusta Co.; ab. sick through 12-00-1864
Captured:
Missing In Action:
Prison:
AWOL:
Deserted:
Discharge:
Paroled: 5/16/1865
Notes:
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Died of Disease:
Killed in Action:
Wounded in Action: - //
Hospital: Ab. sick in Richmond hospital, 08-26-1864 to 09-02-1864
Died of Wounds:
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
Dwelling Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
Postwar Life: Farmer, age 24, Riverheads Dist. Augusta Co. 1870 census; Manufacturer, Hite's Pain Cure; Member, Stonewall Jackson Camp, CV, Staunton; Age 81 at death
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Staunton
Date of Death: 11/7/1926
Cause of Death:
Burial Place: Thornrose Cem. in old Confederate uniform
Epitaph:
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