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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:32026).
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Name: Benjamin Franklin Smith Birth Place: Louisa Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Student, age 17, Burkes Mill District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/15/1861 Place of Enlistment: Waynesboro Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 4th Sgt. Company: B Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Enl. Co. F 1st Va. Cav. Spring 00-00-1863 and served to end of war Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861; Present until WIA. Furloughed for 60 days 6-28-64. to 02-00-1862 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/19/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Kennon's Landing right testicle. - 5/24/1864 Hospital: Richmond Hosp. 5-26-1864 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1960 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1955 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Moved to Texas and Missouri; returned 1871; 1870 Census, Farmer, 2nd District, Augusta Co.; merchant near Waynesboro 1885
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Fishersville Date of Death: 12/29/1895 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Riverview Cemetery Waynesboro Epitaph: |