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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:1923).
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Name: Augustus John Turner Birth Place: Spartanburg S. C. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Professor of Music, age 39, Staunton; taught at Wesleyan Female Collegiate Institute |
Date of Enlistment: 4/1/1862 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Musician Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Musician Churchville Cav. Co. I 14th Va. Cav. but not on muster rolls; Chief Musician 5th Regt. Va. Inf. Band. Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Acclaimed as a thorough gentleman, and accomplished musician |
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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: 181 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 167 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Director of Music at Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institution 1866-1890s. 1870 Census, Professor of Music, age 52, Staunton. Director of Stonewall Brigade Band until 1884; active in temperance affairs; moved to Indianapolis January 1900
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Indianapolis Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Indianapolis Epitaph: |