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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:32243).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: Benjamin F. White Birth Place: Rockingham Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 22, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/15/1861 Place of Enlistment: Waynesboro Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: B (2nd) Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as teamster in regimental train; detailed as teamster in QM dept. Staunton since 07-27-1863 Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1863; present 04-30-1864 to 06-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 4/25/1865 Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Debility, hosp. 06-14-64 to 06-16-1864 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 666 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 640 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer Kernstown Frederick Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Frederick Co. Date of Death: 7/16/1912 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |