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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:31409).
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Name: James William "Cyclone Jim" Marshall Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 16, Burkes Mill 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: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 4th Sgt. 05-01-1862 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 07-16-1861 to 10-31-1861; absent sick 11-00-1861 to 02-00-1862; present 03-00-1862, 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; present 01-00-1863 to 12-00-1863; absent wounded through 12-31-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/24/1865 Notes: Issued clothing 03-31-64, 04-21-64 |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: McDowell; 2nd Manassas, hip 08-28-1862; Spotsylvania Courthouse, left thigh 05-12-1864 - 5/8/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 747 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 742 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Attended Roanoke College 1870, studied law; lawyer and Commonwealth's Attorney Craig Co. 1870-1875; served 4 years in state senate; member House of Delegates 1882-1883; served 4 or more years as Commonwealth's Attorney Craig Co.; state senator 1891-1892; member U. S. Congress 1893-1895
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: New Castle Date of Death: 11/27/1911 Cause of Death: Burial Place: West View Cemetery New Castle Epitaph: |