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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:31606).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: William Brown Patterson Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Attended Washington College 1855-1856; 1860 Census, Farmer, age 22, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 10/25/1864 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: H Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Enl. Co. E 1st Va. Cav.; transf. Provost Marshall 04-29-1865 Muster Sheet: Furnished substitute and discharged; present 11-00-1864, 12-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Ft. Stedman, thumb shot off and knuckles cut in two, piece of thigh bone shot off - 3/25/1865 Hospital: Hosp. Richmond 04-03-1865 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1088 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1085 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 32, Fishersville Post Office, Augusta Co.; farmer and stockraiser Fishersville 1885
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Barterbrook Augusta Co. Date of Death: 8/21/1890 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |