Name: David Bowers
Birth Place: Augusta Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:Farmhand Augusta Co.
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Date of Enlistment: 8/2/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
Conscript or Substitute:
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: G
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Promotions:
Transfers and Other Service:
Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861, 12-00-1861; present 01-00-1862 to 04-00-1862 as non-conscript; present 09-00-1863 to 12-00-1863; furloughed for forty days 06-28-1864; present 10-31-1864 to 12-31-1864
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Died of Disease:
Killed in Action:
Wounded in Action: Allegheny Mt., leg ; Bethesda Church, leg and shoulder 05-30-1864 - 12/12/1861
Hospital: Hosp. Richmond, admitted 05-31-1864
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)
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Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmhand, age 43, Fishersville Post Office, Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Stuart's Draft Augusta Co.
Date of Death: 3/4/1878
Cause of Death:
Burial Place: Calvary Methodist Church Cemetery
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