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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:32182).
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Name: James G. Turk Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmer, age 38, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/16/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 3rd Cpl. Company: C Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 2nd Sgt. 11-26-1861 Transfers and Other Service:On special duty Staunton 02-18-1862 to 02-28-1862; arresting conscripts and deserters for Conscript Officer Staunton 08-00-1863 to 12-00-1863; color bearer of regt. at McDowell, Cross Keys, and Port Republic until wounded Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861, 12-00-1861; present 03-00-1862, 04-00-1862; absent wounded until discharge 02-20-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Port Republic, hand - 6/9/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 366 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 361 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 49, Mt. Sidney Post Office, Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: On Mossy Creek Date of Death: 1/12/1889 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Mossy Creek Church Cemetery Epitaph: |