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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:30639).
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Name: Samuel Bradford Jr. Brown Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Student, age 17, 1st District, Staunton; attended University of Virginia 1859-1860 |
Date of Enlistment: 7/16/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 3rd Lt. Company: C Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Reelected 05-01-1862; elected Capt. 08-23-1862; elected Capt. Co. K 09-22-1862; elected Capt. Co. C Lee's Body Guard, 39th Bn. Va. Cav. Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Absent wounded until resigned for disability 02-23-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Gen. R. E. Lee's escort at Appomattox; surrendered at Appomattox 04-09-65 |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Port Republic, foot - 6/9/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer in Augusta Co. 1878
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Fort Valley Georgia Date of Death: 5/10/1903 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Oaklawn Cemetery Fort Valley Georgia Epitaph: |