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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:30931).
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Name: Silas C. Echard Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Laborer, age 21, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 8/18/1864 Place of Enlistment: Richmond Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: F Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Pvt. in Capt. Rimel's Co. 160th Va. Militia 03-17-1862 exempt for breast complaint age 23 Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Winchester, right thigh, ball removed 10-15-1864 - 9/19/1864 Hospital: Transf. U. S. Hospital West Building Baltimore 12-20-1864 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 166 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 161 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 32, Mt. Sidney Post Office, Augusta Co.; farmer Greenville 1885
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Near Mt. Sidney, while visiting his daughter Date of Death: 6//1890 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Mt. Pisgah Methodist Church Cemetery Epitaph: |