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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:3314).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: James A. H. Lessley Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Laborer, age 18, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 3/21/1861 Place of Enlistment: Meem's Bottom Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Absent sick 06-00-1862 to 12-00-1862; returned 02-00-1864 from being wounded; absent sick 10-00-1864; signed clothing voucher 12-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Chancellorsville, contused cheek - 5/3/1863 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 903 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 898 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Membership application for Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25 C. V. Staunton 12-24-03; residing in Buffalo Gap; farmer
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Augusta Co. Date of Death: 5/23/1922 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Hebron Church Cemetery Augusta Co. Epitaph: |