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Name: William F. Saint Myers
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:
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Date of Enlistment: 12/22/1862
Place of Enlistment: Augusta Co.
Age at Enlistment:
Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
Conscript or Substitute:
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: I
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 14th Va. Cav.
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Promotions:
Transfers and Other Service:Detailed to carry medical instruments for Surgeon 12-31-1863 through 12-31-1864
Muster Sheet: Absent, sick 02-28-1863; Present 03-00-1863 through 04-00-1863; Injured 06-06-1863; Absent, detailed to carry medical instruments for Surgeon 12-31-1863 through 12-31-1864
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Wounded in Action: Brandy Station, horse fell with him and regiment ran over him dislocating his knee and arm - 6/6/1863
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
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Postwar Life: Resident Basic City 00-00-93; Entered Old Soldiers Home, Richmond 08-16-99, age 90
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Richmond
Date of Death: 6/13/1900
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Burial Place: Hollywood Cem.
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