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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:33235).
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Name: Ignatius Wayne Yount Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Farmhand, age 15, Northern Dist. Augusta Co. 1860 census |
Date of Enlistment: 6/18/1863 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: Capt. Avis Transfer Company: Regiment: Provost Guard, Staunton |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Assigned to Co. F, 1st Va. Cav., 04-30-1864 Muster Sheet: Pres. until sent to Camp Lee, Richmond as conscript, 03-31-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/22/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Spotsylvania C.H., hand, on pension application - 5/1/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1752 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1747 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmhand, age 25, 2nd Dist. Augusta Co. 1870 census; Farmer, New Hope
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Near New Hope Date of Death: 9/17/1931 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Mountain View Cem. Epitaph: |