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Name: Samuel Washington Paxton
Birth Place: Rockbridge Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:Attended University of Virginia
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Date of Enlistment: 8/1/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: 1st Sgt.
Company: E
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Promotions: Elected 1st Lt. 05-01-1862; to Capt. 11-03-1863
Transfers and Other Service:
Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; present 06-18-1862; present 10-00-1862; present 01-00-1863 to 04-00-1863; commanding Co. 04-30-1863 to 12-31-1863; absent wounded through 08-30-1864; present 08-30-1864 to 12-31-1864; commanding regt. at surrender
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Notes: Surrendered Appomattox 04-09-65. He is remembered by his old comrades as cool, courageous, effective in battle, and displaying gallantry in warm engagements.
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Died of Disease:
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Wounded in Action: Spotsylvania Courthouse, right shoulder;; Ft. Stedman, thigh 03-25-1865 - 5/12/1864
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
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Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 38, Riverside, South River District, Rockbridge Co.; Justice of the Peace and farmer, South River District 1875-1897; member Lee-Jackson Camp C. V. Lexington
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: South River
Date of Death: 7/8/1909
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Burial Place: Neriah Baptist Church Cemetery South River
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