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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:29911).
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Name: Michael C. Jr. Garber Birth Place: Staunton Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Iron Moulder, Northern Dist., Augusta Co. 1860 census. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/17/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 2nd Lt. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: Staunton Artillery |
Promotions: elected 2nd Lt. 04-22-1862 Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Enlisted as 1st Sgt.; Present through 04-16-1862; Absent to arrest deserters 09-00-1862 Through 10-00-1862; Present 11-00-1862 Through 11-00-1863; Absent on leave 12-24-1863 Through 12-31-1863; Present 01-00-1864 Through 09-00-1864; Absent to arrest deserters 09-00-1864 Through 10-00-1864; Present 11-00-1864 Through 02-28-1865; Surrendered at Appomattox 04-09-1865 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: Surrendered at Appomattox 04-09-65 |
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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: 1025 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1020 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Moved to Oakland, California, 1870, merchant
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Staunton Date of Death: 6/30/1885 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cem. Epitaph: |