Name: William S. Newcomer
Birth Place: Rockbridge Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:Blacksmith Rockbridge Co.
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Date of Enlistment: 8/1/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: Cpl.
Company: E
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Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Transfers and Other Service:Reenlisted as Pvt. Richmond 00-00-1864
Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; present 05-01-1862 to 06-30-1862; absent wounded through 04-00-1863
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Wounded in Action: Gaines Mill, head - 6/27/1862
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 47, Bath Courthouse Post Office, Bath Co.; resident of Big Island Bedford Co. 1902
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
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