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Name: James Alexander Wood
Birth Place: Amherst Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 24, Glenwood District, Rockbridge Co.
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Date of Enlistment: 12/1/1862
Place of Enlistment: Orange Courthouse
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
Conscript or Substitute:
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: E
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Promotions:
Transfers and Other Service:
Muster Sheet: Present 01-00-1863 to 06-00-1863; present in arrest 12-14-1863 to 12-31-1863
Captured:
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Prison:
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Discharge:
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Notes: Issued clothing 02-20-64, 04-27-64, 05-01-64
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Died of Disease:
Killed in Action:
Wounded in Action: Bethesda Church, foot - 5/30/1864
Hospital:
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
Dwelling Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 36, Natural Bridge District, Rockbridge Co.; living Sherwood Rockbridge Co. 1902
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Near Natural Bridge Station
Date of Death: 6/11/1914
Cause of Death:
Burial Place: Tygett Cemetery Arnolds Valley
Epitaph:
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