Soldiers Records

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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
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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Thomas Hall Neilson

Birth Place: Richmond Henrico Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:Resident Washington D. C.

Date of Enlistment: 7/16/1861

Place of Enlistment: Staunton

Age at Enlistment:

Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Pvt.

Company: A

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.

Promotions: Elected 2nd Lt. 02-03-1862; not reelected 05-01-1862; to Color Sgt. of regt.

Transfers and Other Service:Enl. Co. A (1st) 62nd Va. Inf. 06-21-1862 as 5th Sgt.; on detached duty 09-28-1864 to 10-29-1864

Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 02-00-1862; present 02-28-1863

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Discharge:

Paroled: 12/3/1864

Notes: WIA four times in postwar account

Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

Died of Disease:

Killed in Action:

Wounded in Action: Beverly - 10/29/1864

Hospital: Kicked by mule, hosp. Staunton 01-28-1864

Died of Wounds:

Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Dwelling Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Postwar Life: Lawyer, Member New York City Bar; member New York City Chapter Confederate Veterans obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Masonic Home Elizabethtown Penn.

Date of Death: 10/18/1921

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