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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:31469).
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Name: James Sidney Moffett Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Attended Washington College 1847-1848; 1860 Census, Farmer, age 30, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 10/25/1864 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: Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1864, 12-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Hatcher's Run, shoulder - 2/8/1865 Hospital: Hosp. Richmond 02-09-1865; transf. hosp. Staunton 02-13-1865 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 663 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 637 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 40, Fishersville Post Office, Augusta Co.; moved to Ky. and then to Ft. Scott Kansas
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Ft. Scott Kansas age 59 Date of Death: 3/24/1888 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |