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Name: Martin Mansfield Jr. Miller
Birth Place: Augusta Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:
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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: 3rd Cpl.
Company: I
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Promotions: Appointed 5th Sgt. 02-05-1862; appointed 4th Sgt. 10-31-1864
Transfers and Other Service:Detailed in QM Dept. 12-11-1863 to 10-27-1864
Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; present 08-30-1862 to 10-31-1862; absent sick 11-01-1862 to 10-00-1863; present 10-28-1864 to 12-31-1864
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Notes: turned back to aid James A. McClure, finding him mortally wounded, and being almost surrounded by Union soldiers and asked to surrender, he chose to attempt to escape, knowing his brother John had been captured and died of disease at Elmira, and was shot down as a result
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Died of Disease:
Killed in Action:
Wounded in Action: 2nd Manassas, penis; Paynes Farm 11-29-1863; Ft. Stedman 03-25-1865 - 8/28/1862
Hospital: Hosp. Gordonsville 12-01-1863; transf. hosp. Richmond 12-02-1863
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
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Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place:
Date of Death: 3/26/1865
Cause of Death:
Burial Place: Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Steeles Tavern Augusta Co.
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