Soldiers Records

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Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia
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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Charles Daniel McCoy

Birth Place: Fauquier Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:Att. U. of Va., 1855-59; Came to Staunton, 1860; Teacher

Date of Enlistment: 5/27/1861

Place of Enlistment: Staunton

Age at Enlistment:

Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: 1st Sgt.

Company: D

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 25th Va. Inf.

Promotions: Appointed 2nd Lt., 01-15-1862; to 1st Lt., 09-29-1862; to Capt.

Transfers and Other Service:Ab. detailed on CM duty, 04-08-1863 to 12-31-1863

Muster Sheet: Ab. sick, 09-00-1861 to 10-00-1861; commanding Co., 09-00-1862 to 10-00-1862; pres., 11-00-1862 to 12-00-1862; ab. on leave, 01-00-1863 to 02-00-1863; pres., 01-00-1864 to 04-00-1864

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Paroled: //

Notes: One of the Immortal 600

Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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Wounded in Action: - //

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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: Principal, Natchez Institute, Natchez, Miss.; Teacher and Principal, age 31, VSDB, Staunton 1870 census obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Staunton

Date of Death: 9/11/1879

Cause of Death:

Burial Place: Thornrose Cem.

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