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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:30992).
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Name: James W. Fulwider Birth Place: Virginia Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 23, 1st 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: I Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed in American (Hotel) Hospital Staunton unfit for field service 04-30-1863 to 10-30-1863; detailed Regt. I teamster 12-26-1863 to 12-31-1863; detailed as brig. teamster 01-27-1864 to 12-31-1864; transf. to supply train 06-27-1864 Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; absent wounded through 04-00-1863; returned to duty 12-09-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/16/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: McDowell, thigh; Mine Run, left leg 11-27-1863 - 5/8/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 990 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 984 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmhand, age 33, Walker's Creek District, Rockbridge Co.; farmer in Brownsburg Rockbridge Co. 1884; member Stonewall Jackson Camp C. V. Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 5/19/1908 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Middlebrook Epitaph: |