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Name: Joseph Smith Coiner
Birth Place: Augusta Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
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Date of Enlistment: 8/2/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: 3rd Lt.
Company: G
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Promotions: Not reelected 05-01-1862; to 2nd Lt. 10-00-1862
Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as Enrolling Officer Augusta Co. 04-00-1863
Muster Sheet: Present 01-00-1862 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted as Pvt. 05-01-1862; present 10-00-1862, 11-00-1862; commanding Co. 12-13-1862, 01-00-1863 to 03-00-1863 and 05-00-1863 to 12-00-1863
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Notes: Killed in the memorable charge of Gordon's Division, which checked the successful onset of the enemy . . . As an officer, he possessed the high quality of being a good disciplinarian--He knew both how to command and how to obey. He was courteous to his superiors, considerate and kind to those under him. He was intelligent, zealous, and determined in the discharge of his duties, he took a just pride in the career which the necessities of his country had called upon him to enter upon. . . .
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Wounded in Action: Spotsylvania Courthouse, thigh and main artery cut - 5/12/1864
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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obituary states he was a sharpshooter
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Burial Place: Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Fishersville
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