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Name: George Franklin Keiser
Birth Place: Rockingham Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:Moved to Augusta Co. at age 10; One of four brothers who enlisted in Augusta Rifles
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Date of Enlistment: 4/19/1861
Place of Enlistment: Fishersville
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
Conscript or Substitute:
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: H
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.
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Promotions: To Cpl. 07-01-1861; to 2nd Lt. 04-12-1862
Transfers and Other Service:
Muster Sheet: Returned 02-00-1863 from being wounded at Gaines Mill
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Discharge:
Paroled: 6/12/1865
Notes: Postwar biographical sketch has him wounded in groin at Gettysburg. At Morris Island, became one of the Immortal 600 for being under fire for 44 days from the Charleston batteries
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Died of Disease:
Killed in Action:
Wounded in Action: Gaines Mill, severely in arm; Payne's Farm, severely in left hand and chin 11-27-1863 - 6/27/1862
Hospital:
Died of Wounds:
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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: 1870 Census, House Painter, age 34, Riverheads District, Augusta Co. Painter and farmer 1885; residing near Greenville
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Greenville
Date of Death: 11/6/1916
Cause of Death:
Burial Place: Greenville Baptist Church Cemetery
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