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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:32338).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: George Henry Jr. Eidson Birth Place: Home Place on Edison Creek, Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Student, 1st Dist., Augusta Co. 1860 census |
Date of Enlistment: 5/13/1862 Place of Enlistment: Churchville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: I Transfer Company: Regiment: 14th Va. Cav. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Enlisted in Co. M, 5th Va. Inf.; Disbanded 06-00-1861 Muster Sheet: Present 09-01-1862 through 04-00-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1454 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1481 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Attended Washington College 00-00-66 through 00-00-67; Farmhand, Staunton PO, Augusta Co. 1870 census
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Texas Date of Death: 1/20/1882 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |