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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:32572).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: Christian Garber Merritt Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Mexican War Veteran, 49'er in California; Farmer, age 37, 1st Dist. Augusta Co. 1860 census |
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: 1st Lt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 25th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To Capt. and QM of regiment, 01-18-1862 Transfers and Other Service:Ab. assigned to Gen. Gordon's Supply Train, 05-00-1864 to 10-00-1864 Muster Sheet: Pres., 07-00-1861 to 08-00-1861; pres., 01-00-1863 to 02-00-1863; ab. buying leather, 01-00-1864 to 01-00-1864; pres., 03-00-1864 to 04-00-1864 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: 935 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 925 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer, age 48, Riverheads Dist. Augusta Co. 1870 census; Farmer near Greenville
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 11/15/1907 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Bethel Presb. Church Cem. Epitaph: |