Soldiers Records

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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:31539).

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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Robert P. McFarland

Birth Place: Augusta Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:Farmer Augusta Co.

Date of Enlistment: 7/16/1861

Place of Enlistment: Staunton

Age at Enlistment:

Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: 1st Sgt.

Company: I

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.

Promotions: Reelected 1st Sgt. 05-01-1862; elected 2nd Lt. 03-15-1863

Transfers and Other Service:1st Lt. Co. E Mint Springs 93rd Va. Militia

Muster Sheet: Absent sick 12-15-1861 to 10-31-1862; present 01-00-1863 to 04-00-1863; present 04-30-1863 to 12-00-1863

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Prison:

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Paroled: //

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Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

Died of Disease:

Killed in Action:

Wounded in Action: - //

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Died of Wounds:

Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Dwelling Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

Postwar Life: obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Bethesda Church age 25

Date of Death: 5/30/1864

Cause of Death:

Burial Place: Body found covered by earth by Dr. Samuel B. Morrison 06-06-64; reburied and grave marked; removed 06-00-66 to Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Middlebrook

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