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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:32115).
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Name: George P. Summers Birth Place: Virginia Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 16, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
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 |
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Rank: 3rd Sgt. Company: I Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 2nd Sgt.; to 1st Sgt. 03-05-1863 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 02-00-1862; present 03-00-1862, 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; present 08-30-1862 to 10-31-1862; present 01-00-1863 to 04-00-1863; present 04-30-1863 to 12-00-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: dead when brought in gunshot wound right breast, no effects, 1 testament and 1 diary sold at auction for 25 cents |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Bethesda Church, thoratic Par. - 5/30/1864 Hospital: Wounded, 4th Div. 5th Army Corps Hospital, Army of the Potomac Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1211 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1216 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Armory Square Hospital Washington D. C. Date of Death: 6/4/1864 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |