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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:31686).
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Name: Archibald S. Rife Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Distiller, age 28, Burkes Mill 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: Pvt. Company: C Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:1st Lt. South River Co. 32nd Va. Militia; detailed in hosps. Palmyra, Richmond, and Farmville 03-19-1863 to 12-31-1864 Muster Sheet: Absent sick 12-15-1861 to 02-00-1862; present 03-00-1862, 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; absent wounded through 02-18-1863; absent on leave 02-19-1863 to 03-18-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/17/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: 2nd Manassas, left thigh - 8/28/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1753 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1748 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 38, Mt. Sidney Post Office, Augusta Co.; farmer Crimora Station 1897
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Middle River District Date of Death: 10/27/1917 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Laurel Hill Baptist Church Cemetery Epitaph: |