Name: Elisha J. Bell
Birth Place: Augusta Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:Student, age 16, Augusta Co. 1850 census; Overseer in Allegheny Co., 1860 census
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: Pvt.
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Regiment: Carpenter's Bty.
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Transfers and Other Service:Drafted from Augusta Militia, 04-13-1862
Muster Sheet: Pres., 08-31-1864; furloughed for 60 days
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Wounded in Action: Winchester, left tibia fractured, also captured; obit. lists wounded at Sharpsburg, 09-17-1862 - 9/19/1864
Hospital: In Richmond hospital, 03-06-1865 to 03-14-1865
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place:
Date of Death: 11/16/1896
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Burial Place: Heartwood Church Cem. in Stafford Co.
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