Results printed below are the short version of the results of your search. Columns in bold denote columns searched on (beyond the basic returns of Name, service information, and enlistment information. Clicking on the last name of each person will allow you to see a full record for that individual.
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:31994).
| Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
|
Name: David F. Shull Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Student, age 17, 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: |
| Service Information | Military Service Record |
|
Rank: Pvt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as wagoner 06-15-1862 to 08-31-1862 Muster Sheet: Present 07-16-1861 to 10-31-1861; absent sick 11-00-1861, 12-00-1861; present 01-00-1862, 02-00-1862; absent 04-01-1862 to 05-01-1862; present 06-15-1862 to 08-31-1862; present in arrest 01-00-1863, 02-00-1863; absent in arrest Castle Godwin Richmond, sentenced by court-martial to 6 months hard labor with ball and chain for AWOL; pardoned by President 08-01-1863; present 08-00-1863 to 12-00-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
| Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
|
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Wilderness, right wrist - 5/6/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 699 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 694 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Bethesda Church Date of Death: 5/30/1864 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Believed to be buried in Emanuel Church Cemetery in unmarked grave Epitaph: |