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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:30668).
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Name: William H. H. Burns Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 20, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 5/1/1862 Place of Enlistment: Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 2nd Lt. Company: B Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 3rd Sgt.; to 1st Sgt. 07-15-1862; elected 2nd Lt. 10-02-1862 Transfers and Other Service:Enl. Staunton 05-27-1861 as Sgt. in Capt. R. D. Lilley's Co. 25th Va. Inf.; transf. to Co. B 05-01-1862 Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1862, 12-00-1862; present 02-00-1863 to 04-00-1863; absent 05-00-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Sharpsburg - 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: Wilderness Date of Death: 5/6/1864 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Old Waynesboro Cemetery Epitaph: |