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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:33611).
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Name: William Scott Ramsey Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Farmhand, age 27, 1st Dist., Augusta Co. 1860 census |
Date of Enlistment: 6/19/1861 Place of Enlistment: Beverly Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: I Transfer Company: Regiment: 14th Va. Cav. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present through 08-31-1861; Present 03-00-1862 through 04-00-1862; Present 09-00-1862 through 10-00-1862; Captured 11-26-1862; Present 12-31-1863 through 08-31-1864; Absent, detailed to gather up stragglers 10-31-1864; WIA 11-12-1864; Absent, wounded through 12-31-1864; Present 04-07-1865 through 04-09-1865 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 6/9/1865 Notes: Listed as "William S. Ramseyn" on 1860 census |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Cedarville - 11/12/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1649 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1688 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer, age 36, Craigsville PO, Augusta Co. 1870 census
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |