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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:32246).
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Name: James A. White Birth Place: Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 27, 1st District, Augusta Co.; farmer Waynesboro Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/23/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 1st Sgt. Company: H Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Elected 2nd Lt. 05-01-1862 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; present 05-00-1862, 06-00-1862; present 07-00-1862 to 09-00-1862 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Unofficial report stated he died of disease in Baltimore during the war |
| Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Port Republic, shoulder - 6/9/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 491 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 443 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |