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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:30857).
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Name: Eugene Granville Curry Birth Place: Glen-Curry on Naked Creek Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Attended Loch Willow School under Jedediah Hotchkiss; attended Virginia Military Institute 1859-1860 |
Date of Enlistment: 7/18/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 2nd Sgt. Company: C Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: served as Drillmaster of company and was a candidate for Captain. A great athlete and splendid specimen. Could 'throw down' every man in Regiment and was said to be the strongest man at VMI--could stand on a half bushel (measure) and shoulder 4 bushels of wheat. |
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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: 235 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 230 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Hosp. Camp Allegheny Date of Death: 11/5/1861 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Augusta Stone Church Cemetery Epitaph: |