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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:34044).
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Name: Alexander Brown Ramsey Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Student, age 21, 1st District Augusta Co.; Attended Washington College 00-00-1860 to 00-00-1861 |
Date of Enlistment: 6/2/1861 Place of Enlistment: Lexington Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: I Transfer Company: Regiment: 4th Va. Inf. (vice C.S.A.) |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: At enlistment, Resident of Augusta Co.; Listed as "Alexander B. Ramseyn" on 1860 census |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Chancellorsville; Bealton Station 10-26-1863; Payne's Farm, thigh 11-27-1863; Spotsylvania Courthouse, leg 05-12-1864 - 5/3/1863 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1649 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1688 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Graduated Washington College 00-00-1869; Farmer and School Teacher, Jump, Rockbridge Co.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Walker's Creek Date of Death: 5/6/1912 Cause of Death: Burial Place: New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |