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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:31123).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: William Harrison Harris Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Student, age 13, Staunton |
Date of Enlistment: 1/24/1864 Place of Enlistment: Sommerville Ford Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: I Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 04-30-1864 to 12-31-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/1/1865 Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Ft. Stedman - 3/25/1865 Hospital: Hosp. Petersburg, admitted 03-28-1865; transf. 04-02-1865 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1215 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1220 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer in Stuart's Draft until 1890; moved to Middlebrook; elder and trustee in St. John's Church for 20 years
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Near Middlebrook Date of Death: 3/18/1924 Cause of Death: Burial Place: St. John's Church Cemetery Epitaph: |