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Name: Samuel H. Foley
Birth Place: Rockingham Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:
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Date of Enlistment: 7/31/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
Conscript or Substitute:
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: F
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Promotions:
Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as teamster in div. train (ordnance) 11-23-1862 to 12-31-1864
Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861, 12-00-1861 as wagoner; present 01-00-1862 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862
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Discharge:
Paroled: 4/30/1865
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Died of Disease:
Killed in Action:
Wounded in Action: Sharpsburg - 9/17/1862
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
Dwelling Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Carpenter, age 30, Mt. Sidney Post Office, Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Middle River District Augusta Co.
Date of Death: 8/21/1913
Cause of Death:
Burial Place: Old Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery, 3 miles west of Mt. Sidney
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