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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:31472).
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Name: James H. Montgomery Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 22, Summerdean, 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: Muster Sheet: Absent sick 12-15-1861 to 04-00-1862; sentenced to two years in penitentiary Richmond by court-martial for desertion and pay forfeited to 08-01-1863; returned to Castle Thunder; present 11-00-1864, 12-00-1864; furloughed from hosp. Richmond 03-22-1865 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 - 2/8/1865 Hospital: "scorbutus," hosp. 06-13-1863 to 06-28-1863 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1420 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1446 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmhand, age 32, Pastures District, Augusta Co.; mattress maker, Middlebrook 1873
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Deerfield Date of Death: 3/31/1887 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Rocky Springs Church Cemetery Deerfield Epitaph: |