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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:30955).
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Name: George W. Fifer Birth Place: Sangersville Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Laborer, age 20, Burkes Mill District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/16/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 07-16-1861 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; present 08-07-1862 to 08-31-1862; present 01-00-1863 to 04-00-1863; present 09-23-1863 to 12-00-1863; present 04-30-1864 to 12-31-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Sick, hosp. Lynchburg 08-27-1863 to 09-22-1863 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 762 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 757 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer in Sangersville 1877
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Augusta Co. Date of Death: 12/16/1913 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Old Emanuel Church Cemetery, 3 miles west of Mt. Sidney Epitaph: |