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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:31418).
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Name: Wesley H. Matheny Birth Place: Rockbridge Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Laborer, age 23, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/23/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: H Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Pvt. Co. E 93rd Va. Militia Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; absent wounded through 08-31-1862; present 01-00-1863 to 12-00-1863; absent wounded through 12-31-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/1/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Port Republic, head; Spotsylvania Courthouse, left leg 05-12-1864 - 6/9/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1137 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1136 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Shoemaker Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Staunton Date of Death: 11/27/1878 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Epitaph: |