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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:33727).
Personal Information | Enlistment Records |
Name: David W. Allen Birth Place: near Spotswood, Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, age 30, 1st Dist. Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: // Place of Enlistment: Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
Service Information | Military Service Record |
Rank: Pvt. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: 2nd Rockbridge Arty. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Enlisted 00-00-1863 and served one year on postwar roster; Married Orange Co. 00-00-1863 |
Wounded/Killed Information | Other Information |
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: 999 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 993 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Moved to Rockbridge Co.; 1870 Census-Farmhand, South River Dist.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: near Fairfield Date of Death: 2/27/1906 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Fairfield Cemetery Epitaph: |