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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:32388).
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Name: Thomas Opie Birth Place: Martinsburg, Berkely Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Att. U. of Va., 1858-59; Student, age 20, Northern Dist. Augusta Co. 1860 census; Gd. U. of Pa. Med. School, 1861 |
Date of Enlistment: 5/27/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 3rd Cpl. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 25th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Appointed Asst. Surgeon, 09-03-1861 Transfers and Other Service:Transf. to Staunton hospital, 10-00-1862 and served there to end of war Muster Sheet: Pres., 09-00-1861 to 10-00-1861 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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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: 1969 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1964 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: M.D., Baltimore, 1865-72; Professor, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Baltimore, 1872-79; Member, Franklin Buchanan Camp, CV, Baltimore, and Army & Navy Society, Maryland Line Association, 1896
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Baltimore Date of Death: 10/6/1914 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |