Soldiers Records

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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Charles Lanstram Weller

Birth Place: Richmond Henrico Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

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Prewar Life:

Date of Enlistment: 7/16/1861

Place of Enlistment: Staunton

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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Pvt.

Company: C

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.

Promotions: To 4th Sgt. 02-10-1862; rank shown as 2nd Sgt. 04-00-1862; rank shown as Sgt. Maj. 10-00-1862; elected 2nd Lt. 03-15-1863; to 1st Lt. 05-12-1864; acting Adj. 02-00-1865; to Capt. 02-23-1865

Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as Sgt. Maj. since 10-00-1862 on 01-09-1863

Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 02-00-1862; present 03-00-1862, 04-00-1862; absent sick 08-26-1862 to 08-31-1862; present 09-01-1862 to 01-09-1863; absent wounded through 08-31-1863; present 09-00-1863, 10-00-1863; absent sick 11-00-1863, 12-00-1863; present Wilderness; returned to duty 10-23-1864; commanding Co. 11-00-1864, 12-00-1864; commanding Regt. 03-18-1865

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Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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Wounded in Action: Fredericksburg; Fredericksburg, leg 05-05-1863; Spotsylvania Courthouse, left knee 05-12-1864 - 12/13/1862

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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

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Postwar Life: Moved to Staunton 1868; 1870 Census, Store Clerk, age 26, Staunton; merchant; member City Council 8 years; Lt. Commander, Stonewall Jackson Camp C. V. Staunton; living Fishersville 1913 obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Staunton

Date of Death: 9/24/1915

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Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery

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