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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:29910).
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Name: Asher Waterman Garber Birth Place: Staunton on SR 4 Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Machinist, Northern Dist. Augusta Co. 1860 census |
Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Capt. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: Staunton Artillery |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Elected 1st Lt. 04-22-1862; Elected Captain 12-13-1862 Muster Sheet: Enlisted as 2nd Lt.; Wounded at Bull Run 07-21-1861; wounded through 09-01-1861; Commanded the Battery during the 7 Days Campaign and 2nd Manassas; Commanded Battery 09-00-1862 Through 10-00-1862; Commanded Battery Fredericksburg and 11-00-1862 Through 02-00-1863; Absent at Staunton to procure horses 05-03-1863 Through 09-00-1863; Commanding Battery 05-10-1863 Until horse killed under him at Spotsylvania C.H. 05-10-1864; Paid 1800 dollars; Captured at Spotsylvania C.H., 05-12-1864, escaped; Present until WIA, Leetown 09-03-1864; Absent, wounded in Lynchburg hosp. Until 10-07-1864; Present 10-31-1864 Through 02-28-1865; Commanding Bn. 11-30-1864 Through 04-06-1865 Or 04-09-1865; Surrendered at Appomattox 04-09-1865 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Surrendered at Appomattox 04-09-65 |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Bull Run, arm; Leetown, right thigh, 09-03-1864; Sailor's Creek by spent ball 04-06-1865 - 7/21/1861 Hospital: In Lynchburg hosp. After wounding at Leetown 09-03-1864 Until 10-07-1864 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1025 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1020 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: In transfer business at Richmond from 00-00-65 Through 00-00-99 At least;
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Richmond Date of Death: 4/21/1912 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Hollywood Cem. Epitaph: |