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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:33193).
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Name: David Blackwood Willson Birth Place: Stuart's Draft Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Farmhand, age 21, 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: |
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Rank: 2nd Sgt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 25th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Reduced to Pvt.; to 1st Cpl. Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Ab., 09-00-1862 to 10-00-1862; ab. sick, 11-00-1862 to 12-00-1862; pres., 01-00-1863 to 02-00-1863; pres., 11-00-1863 to 12-00-1863; pres., 01-00-1864 to 04-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 7/17/1861 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: In Richmond hospital, 03-03-1865 to 04-00-1865 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 660 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 633 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Handley, Texas Date of Death: 2/12/1902 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |