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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:31372).
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Name: Oscar C. Lipscomb Birth Place: Madison Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmer, age 20, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/9/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 3rd Sgt. Company: A Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Elected 2nd Lt. 10-02-1862 and 1st Lt. 12-21-1862 Transfers and Other Service:On detached service hunting deserters 07-31-1863 to 08-31-1863 Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; present 08-31-1862 to 12-31-1862; present 01-00-1863 to 06-00-1863; commanding Co. 12-00-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Bethesda Church, face; Winchester 09-19-1864 - 5/24/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1430 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1456 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer and Distiller Crozet and Mechum's River Albemarle Co. 1897; had eye removed from effect of wounds 1904; Deputy Treasurer of Albemarle Co. 29 years
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Staunton Date of Death: 12/30/1904 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Hillsboro Church Cemetery near Crozet Epitaph: |