Soldiers Records

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Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia
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Name: Adolphus Bolivar Christian

Birth Place: Greenville, Augusta Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

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Prewar Life:Graduate Washington College 1845; lawyer; member Virginia House of Delegates 1853-1858; member Virginia Senate

Date of Enlistment: 8/19/1861

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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Capt. and Asst. Commissar

Company: Field and

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Promotions: Appointed 08-19-1861; reappointed 05-01-1862; to Lt. Col.

Transfers and Other Service:Capt. in Co. A (Staunton) 182nd Va. Militia; AAG, Harper's Div., Harper's Ferry 04-00-1861 to 08-00-1861; assigned to special service

Muster Sheet: Present 10-00-1862; elected Virginia State Senate and absent in attendance 02-00-1863, 03-00-1863; present 04-00-1863, 05-00-1863

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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

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Postwar Life: Member of Virginia House of Delegates and State Senator; Attorney Valley Railroad 1866-1878; President Washington College Alumni Association 1870; member of Board of Trustees Washington College 1858-1891 obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Western State Hospital Staunton

Date of Death: 7/17/1900

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Burial Place: Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Middlebrook

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