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Name: Richard Stevenson Kinney
Birth Place: Walnut Grove near Staunton
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
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Prewar Life:Virginia Military Institute 1860, 6 months; West Point 1861, resigned 04-22-61
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: 2nd Lt.
Company: A
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Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Promotions: To Capt. Confederate States Army 11-00-1864, 12-00-1864
Transfers and Other Service:Originally Cadet 2nd Lt. Co. A; detached as Inspector, Gen. Dearing's Cav. Brig. 09-15-1864 to 12-31-1864; commanded dismounted cav. of Dearing's brig. to end of war
Muster Sheet: Present 05-31-1863 to 12-00-31
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Notes: Dearing's request for his assignment included . . . Lt. Kinney's military education at West Point peculiarly fits for organizing, drilling and disciplining the dismounted Cavalry. He has served earnestly and efficiently during this war and behaved with marked gallantry having been twice wounded. . .
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Wounded in Action: Fredericksburg, leg; Spotsylvania Courthouse, face 05-12-1864 - 5/5/1863
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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Postwar Life: Teacher; clerk in QM Dept. Ft. Sam Houston, Texas
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Staunton
Date of Death: 1/31/1923
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Burial Place: San Antonio Texas
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