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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:31373).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: Robert M. Lipscomb Birth Place: Madison Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 16, 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: 5th Sgt. Company: B Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 1st Sgt. 10-02-1862; reduced to Pvt. at own request 06-01-1863 Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as clerk in hosp. Staunton 10-21-1863 to 01-00-1864; Forage Master with Maj. Snodgrass, div. train 06-00-1864 to 12-00-1864 Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; absent wounded through 04-30-1863 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: 2nd Manassas, foot; Spotsylvania Courthouse, right leg 05-12-1864 - 8/29/1862 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:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Staunton Date of Death: 5/10/1875 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |