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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:31585).
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Name: William Franklin Palmer Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 38, Burkes Mill District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/11/1862 Place of Enlistment: Shenandoah Mt. Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: C Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Pvt. in Capt. J. K. Koiner's Long Meadow Co. 32nd Va. Militia 03-00-1862 exempt but volunteered, age 43 Muster Sheet: Present 04-11-1862 to 04-30-1862 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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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: 1098 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1093 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Augusta Co. age 40 Date of Death: 5/29/1862 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Epitaph: |