Soldiers Records

From Compiled Military Service Records at National Archives

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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:33911).

Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: William W. Lawrence

Birth Place: Augusta or Alleghany Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:Resident of Bath Co.

Date of Enlistment: 6/6/1861

Place of Enlistment: Bath Courthouse

Age at Enlistment:

Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

Conscript or Substitute:

Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Pvt.

Company: G

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 25th Va. Inf.

Promotions: Served as Cpl. Co. G, 18th Va. Cav.

Transfers and Other Service:Reenlisted Co. A, 62nd Va. Inf.; Deserted and Joined Co. G, 18th Va. Cav. 12-03-1862; Transferred back to Co. A, 62nd Va. Inf. 09-17-1864

Muster Sheet:

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Discharge:

Paroled: 7/17/1861

Notes: Exchanged 08-16-1862

Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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Killed in Action:

Wounded in Action: - //

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Died of Wounds:

Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Dwelling Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Postwar Life: obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Western State Hospital, Staunton

Date of Death: 1/27/1890

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