Soldiers Records

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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:30995).

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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: William "Willie" Galt

Birth Place: Virginia

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:Resident "Glenarnon" Columbia Va.; attended Virginia Military Institute 1860-1861

Date of Enlistment: 7/9/1861

Place of Enlistment: Staunton

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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Pvt.

Company: A

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Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.

Promotions: Elected 2nd Lt. 09-19-1861; reelected 2nd Lt. 05-00-1862; to 1st Lt. 10-02-1862; to Adj. 12-06-1862

Transfers and Other Service:Drillmaster Richmond 04-00-1861 to 06-00-1861; served as Adj. of Post Staunton under Col. Baldwin 11-00-1861, 12-00-1861; reentered Virginia Military Institute and present with them during McDowell campaign

Muster Sheet: Resigned 01-14-1862 because of ill health; present during McDowell campaign; returned to duty 10-02-1862; present 02-00-1863 to 12-00-1863; absent sick 04-00-1864; present 05-02-1864 until 09-19-1864

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Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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Wounded in Action: Port Republic, wristt; Winchester, leg 09-19-1864 - 6/9/1862

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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

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Postwar Life: obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Winchester

Date of Death: 9/29/1864

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