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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:32077).
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Name: Peter Sprouse Birth Place: Albemarle Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 21, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/23/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: H Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as wagoner Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 02-00-1862; absent sick 03-27-1862 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; sentenced to 2 years in penitentiary and forfeit all pay for desertion by court-martial; present in arrest 04-23-1863 to 08-31-1863; present 09-00-1863 to 12-00-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1581 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1613 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer, Nick Albemarle Co. 1897; resident Terrell Augusta Co. 1906; alive 02-15-16
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |