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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:31066).
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Name: Jacob Gutshall Birth Place: Virginia Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Blacksmith, age 27, Burkes Mill District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/10/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: C Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 1st Sgt. 09-22-1862; to 3rd Lt. 08-01-1863 Transfers and Other Service:Detailed in Recruiting Service Staunton 04-00-1862 to 11-00-1862; Enl. Capt. Avis's Co. Provost Guard Staunton as Pvt. 08-01-1862; serving as Scout 02-00-1864; commanding Provost Guard Staunton 04-00-1864 and 09-00-1864, 10-00-1864 Muster Sheet: Present until 08-01-1863; present 09-01-1863 to 10-31-1863 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: 1425 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1420 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Blacksmith, age 37, Ashby Township, Rockingham Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Burketown Augusta Co. Date of Death: 9/10/1891 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |