Soldiers Records

From Compiled Military Service Records at National Archives

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:32025).

Return to Search Results
Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Ananias Smith

Birth Place: Rockbridge Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:

Date of Enlistment: 8/1/1861

Place of Enlistment: Staunton

Age at Enlistment:

Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

Conscript or Substitute:

Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Pvt.

Company: E

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.

Promotions: To Cpl.

Transfers and Other Service:Enl. Capt. Avis's Co. Provost Guard Staunton 05-20-1863; Enl. Co. G 58th Va. inf.

Muster Sheet: Absent on leave 11-00-1861, 12-00-1861; present 01-00-1862, 02-00-1862; absent sick 03-00-1862, 04-00-1862; absent wounded until discharged 11-01-1862; present until AWOL 09-00-1863, 10-00-1863; in guard house 11-00-1863, 12-00-1863; present 01-00-1864 to 04-00-1864; present 09-00-1864, 10-00-1864

Captured:

Missing In Action:

Prison:

AWOL:

Deserted:

Discharge:

Paroled: //

Notes:

Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

Died of Disease:

Killed in Action:

Wounded in Action: Cross Keys, face - 6/8/1862

Hospital:

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: Farmer and postmaster, Denmark Rockbridge Co. obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Near Denmark Rockbridge Co.

Date of Death: 4/7/1897

Cause of Death:

Burial Place: New Monmouth Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Epitaph:

Return to Search Results

Start a New Search