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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:31629).
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Name: Richard Henry Phillips Birth Place: Fredericksburg Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, President, age 48, Staunton Female Academy, Staunton |
Date of Enlistment: 8/19/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Chaplain Company: Field and Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Served as QM Staunton Muster Sheet: Resigned 09-19-1862 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 407 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 364 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, President, age 58, Staunton Female Academy, and 1880
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Norfolk Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Epitaph: |