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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:3078).
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Name: Meredith W. D. Hogshead Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Student at Washington College 1849-1850 and University of Virginia 1851-1852. 1860 Census, Farmhand, age 30, 1st District, Augusta Co. Orderly Sgt., Southern Guard 1861 |
Date of Enlistment: // Place of Enlistment: Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 1st Sgt. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Transf. on arrival at Harpers Ferry to QM Department Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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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: 1766 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1821 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 40, Riverheads District, Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: near Middlebrook Date of Death: 6/27/1883 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |