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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:32456).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: Robert Doak Lilley Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Att. U. of Va., 1850; Teaching Surveying, Charleston, S.C., 1860-61 |
Date of Enlistment: 5/27/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Capt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 25th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: to Maj., 02-08-1863; to Lt. Col., 09-07-1863; to Brig. Gen., 06-02-1864 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Pres. Rich Mt., Greenbrier River, Allegheny Mt., McDowell, Cedar Mt., commanding regiment 2nd Manassas; pres., Gettysburg; commanding regiment, Mine Run, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania C.H.; commanding Brigade Monacacy, Md. and Winchester; commanding Reserve forces in the Valley Dist., 11-28-1864 to end of war Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Witness attack on Ft. Sumter |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Winchester, lost arm and in side and leg while dismounting from his horse and captured - 9/19/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 109 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 107 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Financial Agent, Washington College
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Richmond Date of Death: 11/12/1896 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cem. Epitaph: |