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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:33657).
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Name: Hugh Frank Turk Birth Place: Long Meadows, Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Farmhand, Northern District, Augusta Co. 1860 census, or birthday 06/18/1837 |
Date of Enlistment: 4/19/1861 Place of Enlistment: Churchville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 4th Sgt. Company: I Transfer Company: Regiment: 14th Va. Cav. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Enlisted Co. E, 1st Va. Cav. but not on rolls; Enlisted as Pvt. Co. I, 14th Va. Cav. 04-19-1861; Promoted to 4th Sgt.; Reenlisted in co. C, 39th Bn. Va. Cav. 12-16-1862, Staunton; Served as courier for Gen. R.E. Lee Muster Sheet: Absent, sick 08-14-1861 through 08-31-1861 No further record. Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/12/1865 Notes: On postwar roster for Co. E, 1st Va. Cav. And listed as courier for Gen. R.E. Lee |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1613 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1608 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer, Stuart's Draft; 1870 Census, farmer, 2nd District Augusta Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Near Tinkling Spring Date of Death: 5/28/1905 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church Cem. Epitaph: |