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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:2037).
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Name: Peter Eidson Wilson Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 20, Northern District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 4/29/1861 Place of Enlistment: West View Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: 2nd Lt. Company: F Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: To 1st Lt. 04-29-1862; to Capt. 10-00-1863 Transfers and Other Service:In Augusta Co. collecting absentees 11-00-1864 Muster Sheet: Commanding Co. after 2nd Manassas until prom. to Capt.; after being wounded at Cedar Creek, later stated he did not return to his command until 01-00-1865; present at Ft. Stedman and Petersburg Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 4/9/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Wilderness, severely in both legs, one broken; Cedar Creek 10-19-1864 - 5/6/1864 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 948 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 943 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmhand 1865-1866; attended Roanoke College and Stratton College in Baltimore; merchant and Land Agent Staunton; member Stonewall Jackson Camp No. 25 C. V. Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Fishersville Date of Death: 11/22/1915 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Staunton Epitaph: |