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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:31419).
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Name: Abraham Mathews Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Day Laborer, age 17 |
Date of Enlistment: // Place of Enlistment: Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: A Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Enl. Capt. Avis's Co. Provost Guard Staunton 06-23-1863; assigned to Co. A 52nd Va. Inf. Muster Sheet: Present until sent to Camp Lee Richmond as conscript 03-31-1864 and assigned to Co. A 52nd Va. Inf. 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, forearm-wrist shattered - 5/30/1864 Hospital: Lincoln Hospital Washington D. C., age 18 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1419 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1414 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer near Koiner's Store Augusta Co. 1888
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Augusta Co. Date of Death: 6/30/1891 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Hildebrand Mennonite Church Cemetery Madrid Epitaph: |