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:34109).

Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: James W. Shuey

Birth Place: Augusta Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

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Prewar Life:Graduated Gettysburg College 00-00-1855; A.B. Studied medicine University of Virginia; Graduated New York Medical College 00-00-1859; M.D. Amsterdam, Botetourt Co. 00-00-1859 to 00-00-1865

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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Pvt.

Company: Miller's C

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Regiment: Burks Regt. Va. Reserves

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Notes: On Roster

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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

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Postwar Life: M.D., Amsterdam, Botetourt Co. 00-00-1866 to 00-00-1878; Salem, Va. 00-00-1878 to 00-00-1879; Sherman, Texas 00-00-1879 to 00-00-1882 obituary states he was a sharpshooter

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Date of Death: //1882

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