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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:31522).
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Name: Matthew Thompson "Tom" McClure Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 26, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/16/1861 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: Commissary Sgt. since 12-01-1861; elected 3rd Lt. 11-23-1861; acting Commissary Sgt. of regt. 01-00-1862 to 04-00-1862; not reelected but reenlisted as Pvt. 05-01-1862; appointed Commissary Sgt. 06-03-1863; to 1st Lt. 00-00-1865 but never received commission Transfers and Other Service:Detailed in Commissary Dept. 05-01-1862; detailed as Commissary Sgt. for brig. 10-28-1864 Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861, 12-00-1861; present 01-00-1862 to 04-00-1862; not reelected but reenlisted as Pvt. 05-01-1862; present 08-30-1862 to 10-31-1862; present 01-00-1863 to 08-00-1863; present 09-01-1863 to 12-14-1863; absent on leave 12-15-1863 to 12-31-1863; present 04-30-1864 to 12-31-1864; present 03-25-1865 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Surrendered Appomattox 04-09-65; entitled to take with him one private mule; rode home with an old blanket as a saddle (his saddle was stolen the night before) with Capt. S. W. Paxton and Surgeon John Gibson; spent the first night in Lynchburg; proceeded up the canal and spent the second night at Riverside Rockbridge Co. with the Shields family; spent the third night with Capt. Paxton near Fairfield, reaching home on the afternoon of the 14th of April 1865. |
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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: 994 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 988 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer Spottswood
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Near Spottswood Date of Death: 1/19/1922 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery Epitaph: |