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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:31970).
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Name: William P. Sheets Birth Place: Virginia Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmer, age 33, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/31/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 1st Cpl. Company: F Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 1st Sgt. Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862, exempt under Conscript Act; present 08-31-1862 to 10-15-1862 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Hosp. Winchester 10-16-62 to 02-00-1863 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 135 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 133 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Carpenter, age 30, Craigsville Post Office, Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Near Mt. Pisgah Augusta Co. Date of Death: 1/7/1885 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |