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Name: Robert Christian Holland
Birth Place: Staunton
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:1850 Census-age 10, Staunton; Graduated Roanoke College 00-00-1861
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Date of Enlistment: 6/28/1861
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: A
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 9th Va. Inf.
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Promotions: After Exchange at David's Island N.Y., promoted Sgt.
Transfers and Other Service:Transfer to Signal Corp. 03-06-1862; Transfer to 28th Va. Inf.; After promotion to Sgt., transferred to Invaid Corps.
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Notes: RTD 12-00-1862
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Wounded in Action: Second Manassas; Gettysburg, both arms 07-03-1863 - 8/30/1862
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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Postwar Life: Graduated University of Virginia 00-00-1866, BL. Lawyer, two years; Ordained Methodist Minister 00-00-1869; Served at Madison Courthouse, Shepherstown, Martinsburg and Charlestown.; Vice President Roanoke College, three years
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
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Date of Death: 11/17/1915
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Burial Place: East Hill Cemetery, Salem
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