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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:3102).
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Name: James Wendell Steele Houser Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Carpenter, age 27, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 5/18/1861 Place of Enlistment: Greenville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed to special duty with QM Department. Co. K 11th Regt. Va. Inf. Muster Sheet: At home sick 08-00-1861 with hemorrhage of lungs Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 943 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 933 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer and blacksmith; residing in Fairfield
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: near Davis Station Rockbridge Co. Date of Death: 9/24/1924 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |