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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:32345).
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Name: George Washington Fishburne Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Farmhand, Northern Dist. Augusta Co. 1860 census |
Date of Enlistment: // Place of Enlistment: New Market Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: B Transfer Company: Regiment: 14th Va. Cav. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Enlisted Co. H, 5th Va. Inf. 03-23-1862; AWOL 04-30-1862; Enl. Co. C 14th Regt. Va. Cav. 07-15-1862 Muster Sheet: Enlisted Co. B, date unknown; Transferred to Co. C, Rocky Point, 07-15-1862; Present 09-00-1862 through 02-28-1863; Absent, on detail with horses 03-00-1863 through 04-00-1863; WIA, Martinsburg, 06-13-1863; Present 02-29-1864 through 12-31-1864; Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/1/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Martinsburg, - 6//1863 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1108 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1103 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer, Augusta Co., Member, Stonewall Jackson Camp, CV, Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Old Soldiers Home, Richmond Date of Death: 1/17/1906 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cem., Staunton Epitaph: |