Soldiers Records

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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:32021).

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Personal Information	Enlistment Records
Name: Franklin Smeltz Birth Place: Virginia Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:	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: C Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.	Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed Farrars and Cosbys Iron Works 01-07-1865 Muster Sheet: Joined from desertion 12-20-1863; absent confined Castle Thunder Richmond by sentence of general court-martial 02-01-1864 pay for 12 months deducted through 10-31-1864; present 11-00-1864, 12-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes:
Wounded/Killed Information	Other Information
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Rheumatism, hosp. Gordonsville 12-02-1863; transf. hosp. Richmond 12-07-1863 Died of Wounds:	Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph:

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