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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:30882).
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Name: Robert Coleman Davis Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Wagonmaker, age 21, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 8/9/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 2nd Cpl. Company: A Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Elected 2nd Lt. 01-16-1862; elected 1st Lt. 05-01-1862; elected Capt. 08-28-1862 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; present 08-31-1862 to 12-31-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Port Republic, arm Wilderness, head 05-06-1864 - 6/9/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1310 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1305 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Coachmaker, age 30, Mt. Sidney Post Office, Augusta Co.; living 1903
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |