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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:30661).
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Name: James Addison Burns Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 18, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/15/1861 Place of Enlistment: Waynesboro Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 1st Lt. Company: B Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Enl. as 3rd Sgt.; elected 2nd Lt. 05-01-1862; promoted to 1st Lt. 06-08-1862 Transfers and Other Service:Arresting deserters 05-00-1863 Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; commanding Co. 08-01-1862; absent on leave 02-00-1863; present 04-00-1863; commanding Co. 09-00-1863 to 12-00-1863; present 01-31-1864; commanding Co. 08-21-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Sharpsburg, hip; Winchester, stomach 09-19-1864 - 9/17/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 578 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 537 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Old Waynesboro Cemetery Epitaph: |