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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:30904).
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Name: James Addison Dold Birth Place: Bath Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 22, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/23/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 2nd Sgt. Company: H Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Elected 3rd Lt. 05-01-1862; elected 2nd Lt. 09-17-1862; elected 1st Lt.; elected Capt. 12-19-1863 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; present 05-01-1862 to 08-31-1862; present 10-00-1862; commanding Co. 12-01-1862; absent on leave 7 days 02-00-1863; commanding Co. 03-00-1863 to 08-00-63; absent on leave 10-30-1863 to 11-14-1863; present 11-15-1863 to 12-00-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: He was a brave and gallant officer and his gentlemanly deportment and a [] qualities endeared to all his friends and acquaintenses. |
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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: 561 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 519 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Bethesda Church age 27 Date of Death: 5/30/1864 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Fishersville Epitaph: |