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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:31521).
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Name: James Alexander "Jimmy" McClure Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmer, age 36, Spottswood, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 2/28/1864 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: H Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Pvt. Co. B 93rd Va. Militia 03-00-1863; furnished substitute Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1864, 12-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Brother George and Pvt. Parley Carpenter of a Pa. Regt. removed him to hosp. 2nd div. 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac; Bible and blanket sent to widow by Pvt. Carpenter; Union chaplain put his name in bottle at head of grave. When duty called he hesitated not to go, tho' it were to the mouth of the cannon where he fell. |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Ft. Stedman, left thigh broken and ball lodged in side and left hand - 3/25/1865 Hospital: Hosp. 2nd Div., 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1046 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1039 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 3/26/1865 Cause of Death: Burial Place: City Point Cemetery; body removed to Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery 10-00-65 Epitaph: |