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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:31603).
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Name: Joseph A. Patterson Birth Place: Virginia Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Foundry Worker, age 22, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/15/1861 Place of Enlistment: Waynesboro Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 1st Cpl. Company: B Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 4th Sgt. 07-15-1862; to 2nd Sgt. 10-02-1862 Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as Ward Master hosp. Staunton 09-13-1863 to 01-31-1864 Muster Sheet: Absent on leave 01-00-1862, 02-00-1862; present 03-00-1862, 04-00-1862; absent wounded through 04-00-1863; present 04-21-1863 to 08-31-1863; returned to duty 06-24-1864; present 06-24-1864 to 12-31-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: McDowell; 2nd Manassas, arm and side 08-29-1862; near Spotsylvania Courthouse, hip 05-19-1864 - 5/8/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1761 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1816 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Carpenter, age 31, Mt. Sidney Post Office, Augusta Co.; living Albemarle Co. 1888
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Ladd Augusta Co., according to UDC records Epitaph: |