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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:30883).
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Name: Robert Hamilton Davis Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 15, Burkes Mill District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 10/1/1863 Place of Enlistment: Rapidan Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
| Service Information | Military Service Record |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: A Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 10-01-1863 to 12-07-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
| Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
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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: 1862 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1857 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Admitted to Lee Camp Old Soldiers Home Richmond 07-07-04
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Lee Camp Old Soldiers Home Richmond Date of Death: 8/3/1904 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Clifton Forge Epitaph: |