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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:30773).
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Name: Alexander Stuart "Sandy" Coffman Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Cabinetmaker's Apprentice, age 16, Burkes Mill District, Augusta Co. |
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. |
Promotions: To Cpl. 08-00-1862; to 3rd Sgt. 11-00-1862, 12-00-1862; to 1st Sgt. 07-05-1863 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862, under 18, not reenlisted for war; present 04-30-1862 to 12-31-1862; present 01-00-1863 to 04-00-1863; absent on leave 08-21-1863 to 09-06-1863; present 10-1863 to 12-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Surrendered Appomattox 04-09-65, occupation listed as mechanic |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1371 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1366 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Carpenter, age 26, Mt. Sidney Post Office, Augusta Co.; undertaker and cabinetmaker
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Mt. Sidney Date of Death: 7/1/1910 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Old Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery, 3 miles west of Mt. Sidney Epitaph: |