Name: James David Wheeler
Birth Place: Nelson Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:Farmhand Augusta Co.
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Date of Enlistment: 7/15/1861
Place of Enlistment: Waynesboro
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: B
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Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as ambulance driver since 07-17-1862 on 02-00-1863 Roll
Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; present 06-00-1862 to 02-00-1863; present 03-00-1863 to 12-00-1863; present 04-30-1864 to 12-31-1864
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Wounded in Action: Ft. Stedman - 3/25/1865
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmhand, age 37, Mt. Sidney Post Office, Augusta Co.; miller, Riverheads District Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Augusta Co.
Date of Death: 7//1892
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