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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:3174).
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Name: William Peyton Johnson Birth Place: Staunton Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Cabinetmaker, age 26, Staunton. Lt. Union Greys (Co. M) 1861; after the disbanding of his Co., by then renamed the Southern Greys, he enlisted in 5th Va. Inf. |
Date of Enlistment: // Place of Enlistment: Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: L Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Lt. Union Greys (Co. M) 00-00-1861; Enl. as Pvt. Co. L 5th Va. Inf. when Co. M disbanded Muster Sheet: Co. M (renamed Southern Greys) disbanded 06-00-1861 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Manassas - 7/21/1861 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 339 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 306 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Tobacconist, age 37, Staunton. Clerk in Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Staunton Date of Death: 1/22/1901 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Staunton Epitaph: |