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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:33023).
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Name: James Edward Hanger Birth Place: Mt. Hope, near Churchville, Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Attended Washington Coll. 00-00-59 through 00-00-61 |
Date of Enlistment: // Place of Enlistment: Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: I Transfer Company: Regiment: 14th Va. Cav. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Joined Churchville Cav. at Phillipi and spent the night with the company in a stable there; The next morning, 06-03-1861, the Union forces attacked and a cannon ball entered through the stable door and took off his leg below the knee; Amputation was completed by Union surgeon; Reportedly the first amputation of the war; Served in Home Guards, Staunton during the rest of the war Muster Sheet: 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: 850 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 845 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Jeweler, Staunton, 1870 census; The Hanger limb was patented in 00-00-71 and has since received numerous additional patents for improvements and special devices which have brought international reputation to the product. Headquarters of the company moved from Staunton to Washington D.C. 00-00-06; The company had branches in Philadelphia, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Paris, and London, and is still in business today; Other inventions include a horseless carriage, a shampoo bowl and chair, an outdoor sleeping bed, an adjustable reclining chair, a water turbine, a Venetian blind, a reproducing plamograph lathe used in the manufacture of artificial limbs
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Washington D.C. Date of Death: 6/15/1919 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Washington D.C. Epitaph: |