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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:31609).
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Name: Samuel Paul Birth Place: Rockingham Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Merchant, age 36, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/16/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: QM Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Elected 1st Lt. 05-01-1862 Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as Enrolling Officer Augusta Co. 04-07-1863 to 12-31-1863 Muster Sheet: Absent wounded through 04-00-1862; elected Sheriff Augusta Co. 00-00-1864 and resigned 01-27-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Cross Keys, leg shattered by piece of shell, foot amputated - 6/8/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 338 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 333 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Merchant, age 40, Northern District, Augusta Co.; treasurer Augusta Co. 1881
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Mt. Solon Date of Death: 10/7/1882 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Mossy Creek Old Cemetery Epitaph: |