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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:31586).
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Name: William Greaver Palmer Birth Place: Arbor Hill Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Blacksmith, age 20, Staunton |
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: 3rd Cpl. Company: I Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Detailed as nurse in General Hospital Staunton 09-30-1863 to 12-31-1864; retired to Invalid Corps 03-03-1865 Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; absent wounded through 08-31-1863 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/1/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Port Republic, arm - 6/9/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1210 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1214 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Near Greenville Date of Death: 1/21/1871 Cause of Death: Burial Place: St. John's Church Cemetery near Middlebrook Epitaph: |