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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:31578).
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Name: James H. Painter Birth Place: Botetourt Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 26, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 2/28/1862 Place of Enlistment: Camp Allegheny Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: I Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Present 02-28-1862 to 04-00-1862; present 08-30-1862 to 09-28-1862; absent sick 09-29-1862 to 10-31-1862; absent wounded through 10-00-1863; present 11-00-1863, 12-00-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Pension application states Came home sick and wounded and while home surrender took place. Issued clothing 04-21-64, 04-29-64, 05-16-64 |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Fredericksburg, right hand - 12/13/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1121 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1120 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmhand, age 30, Fishersville Post Office, Augusta Co.; laborer near Craigsville 1909
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |