Results printed below are the short version of the results of your search. Columns in bold denote columns searched on (beyond the basic returns of Name, service information, and enlistment information. Clicking on the last name of each person will allow you to see a full record for that individual.
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:30860).
| Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
|
Name: James H. Curry Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Carpenter, age 23, Burkes Mill District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/10/1862 Place of Enlistment: Shenandoah Mt. Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
| Service Information | Military Service Record |
|
Rank: Pvt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 1st Sgt. 05-30-1862; reduced to Pvt. 12-15-1863 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 04-10-1862 to 04-30-1862; absent wounded through 08-31-1862; present 01-00-1863 to 12-00-1863; present 04-30-1864 to 12-31-1864; reduced to Pvt. by order of regimental court-martial for conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline 12-15-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
| Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
|
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Port Republic, right leg--ball entered one inch below right knee and lodged 3 inches above the ankle joint - 6/9/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 712 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 707 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Receiving pension Surrey Page Co. 1888; admitted to Lee Camp Old Soldiers Home Richmond, from Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Lee Camp Old Soldiers Home Richmond age 68 Date of Death: 3/26/1905 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery Epitaph: |