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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:31291).
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Name: Samuel B. Kesterton Birth Place: Virginia Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Stonemason, age 22, 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: Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; present 08-30-1862 to 10-31-1862; present 03-08-1863 to 12-00-1863; present Camp Lee Richmond 02-19-1865; furloughed 60 days 02-20-1865 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/16/1865 Notes: Issued clothing 06-12-64 |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Cedar Creek, ball entered upper lobe right lung, exited near spinal column - 10/19/1864 Hospital: Hosp. Baltimore; hosp. Richmond 02-15-1865 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1123 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1122 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Stonemason, age 30, Fishersville Post Office, Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |