Name: William L. Black
Birth Place: Rockbridge Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 19, Collierstown Post Office, Rockbridge Co.
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Date of Enlistment: 8/1/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
Conscript or Substitute:
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Rank: 2nd Sgt.
Company: E
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Promotions: To Sgt. Maj. 04-07-1863; reduced to Pvt. for desertion 09-16-1863
Transfers and Other Service:
Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; absent wounded through 10-31-1862; present 01-00-1863 to 04-00-1863; present 05-00-1863 to 08-31-1863
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Died of Disease:
Killed in Action:
Wounded in Action: Sharpsburg, hand - 9/17/1862
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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: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 28, Fishersville Post Office, Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
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Date of Death: //1870
Cause of Death:
Burial Place: Providence
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