Name: William David Simpson
Birth Place: Virginia
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:1860 Census, Carpenter, age 20, Glenwood District, Rockbridge Co.
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Date of Enlistment: 8/1/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: E
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Muster Sheet: Absent sick 11-00-1861 to 02-00-1862; present 03-00-1862, 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; absent on leave 10-31-1862 to 02-00-1863; present 03-00-1863 to 07-00-1863; fined 1 month pay in addition time absent and clothing allowance by regimental court-martial; absent wounded until retired to Invalid Corps 10-14-1864
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Wounded in Action: Bethesda Church, left elbow shattered above the joint - 5/30/1864
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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Postwar Life: Resident Montreal Nelson Co. 1888
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Shipman Nelson Co.
Date of Death: 3/16/1913
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