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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:27100).
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Name: Dewitt Clinton Gallaher Birth Place: Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Moved to Waynesboro 1848. Att. Waynesboro Academy. 1860 census listed occupation as student, Waynesboro. Att. Georgetown Univ. Att. Washington Colloge 1861-2 and Hampden-Sydney College 1862-3. |
Date of Enlistment: 10/8/1863 Place of Enlistment: Orange Springs Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 1st Va. Cav. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Served on staff of Gen. Imboden as Capt. and ADC. Resigned 10-1863. Enlisted 1st Va. Cav. Detailed as Courier for J. E. B. Stuart 10-27-1863 - 5-1964, Fitzhugh Lee 6-1864, and Gen. Thomas Rosser 6-10-1864. Appt. ADC on Gen. Rosser's staff and served to end of war. Muster Sheet: 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: 1958 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1953 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Graduated UVa 1868. Studied Univ. of Berlin and Munich for two years. Teacher for one year. Lawyer Charleston, W.Va. 1872-1886. Lawyer Roanoke 1887-98. Lawyer Charleston, W.Va. 1910.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Charleston, W.Va. Date of Death: 12/25/1926 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Spring Hill Cemetary Epitaph: |