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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:3079).
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Name: William Richard Holbert Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 23, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/18/1861 Place of Enlistment: Greenville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed to pioneer corps 01-11-1864 Muster Sheet: Sent home from Orange Courthouse 12-00-1861; returned 03-00-1862 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Cedar Creek, right knee - 10/19/1864 Hospital: Hosp. 11-10-1861; wounded, hosp. at Winchester; hosp. at Richmond 02-25-1865 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 888 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 878 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 34, Riverheads District, Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Vesuvius Rockbridge Co. Date of Death: 4/30/1894 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |