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Name: William J. Roberson
Birth Place: Augusta Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
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Date of Enlistment: 7/16/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: 1st Cpl.
Company: I
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Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Promotions: Appointed 4th Sgt. 04-01-1863; rank shown as 3rd Sgt. 09-25-1864
Transfers and Other Service:
Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; present 08-30-1862 to 10-31-1862; present 01-00-1863 to 04-00-1863; present 04-30-1863 to 12-00-1863; furloughed from hosp. Richmond for 60 days 05-29-1864
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Wounded in Action: Port Republic, thigh; near Spotsylvania Courthouse, arm 05-19-1864 - 6/9/1862
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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Postwar Life: Living New Hope 1894; farmer Swoope 1897
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
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