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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:33576).
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Name: James Long Birth Place: Virginia Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Apprentice Wagonmaker, age 15, Northern Dist. Augusta Co. 1860 census |
Date of Enlistment: 5/15/1862 Place of Enlistment: Churchville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
| Service Information | Military Service Record |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: C Transfer Company: Regiment: 14th Va. Cav. |
Promotions: To 3rd Cpl. Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Resident of Rockingham Co.; Present 09-00-1862 through 09-00-1863; WIA 07-11-64; Absent, wounded through 12-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Georgetown, D.C. or Pruntytown Md. - 7/11/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1122 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1117 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |