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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:33599).
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Name: James Robert McCutchan Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 19, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 5/15/1862 Place of Enlistment: Churchville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: C Transfer Company: Regiment: 14th Va. Cav. |
Promotions: Promoted Sgt. Transfers and Other Service:Enlisted in Co. D, 5th Va. Inf. 04-17-1861; Discharged 04-18-1862 Muster Sheet: Enlisted as Pvt.; Present 09-00-1862 through 10-00-1862; Captured 11-26-1862; Present 03-00-1864 through 05-00-1864; Absent, sick 07-01-1864 through 10-31-1864, however present 09-12-1864; Present 11-00-1864 through 12-00-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/16/1865 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: 1491 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1518 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer, Riverheads Dist., Augusta Co. 1870 census; Engineer and County Surveyor, South River Dist., Augusta Co. 1910 census
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Annex Date of Death: 7/3/1915 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cem., Staunton Epitaph: |