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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:31357).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: James M. Lewis Birth Place: Virginia Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmer, age 35, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/15/1861 Place of Enlistment: Waynesboro Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: 1st Cpl. Company: B Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 3rd Cpl. 10-02-1862; reduced to Pvt. Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as teamster in regimental train 07-20-1863 to 12-31-1864 Muster Sheet: Absent on leave 01-00-1862, 02-00-1862; present 04-00-1862 to 07-00-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Surrendered Appomattox 04-09-65 |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Cross Keys - 6/8/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 600 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 563 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Lumberman, age 45, Fishersville Post Office, Augusta Co.; merchant Greenville
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Greenville Date of Death: 8/6/1901 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Epitaph: |