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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:2265).
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Name: Wllliam Smith Hanger Baylor Birth Place: Augusta Co. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Graduate of Washington College 1850; student at University of Virginia; graduate of Lexington Law School 1857. 1860 Census, Lawyer, age 27, Staunton. Capt., West Augusta Guard 07-00-58; called into service 11-00-59 at Charlestown |
Date of Enlistment: 5/28/1861 Place of Enlistment: Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Lt. Col. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Elected Col. 5th Regt. Va. Vols. 03-04-1861; reelected 04-13-1861; relieved of command by ordinance of state convention 04-27-1861; commissioned Maj. Va. Vols. 05-01-1861; promoted to Lt. Col. Va. Vols. 06-13-1861; appointed Col. 5th Regt. Va. Transfers and Other Service:Assigned to 4th Va. Inf. but did not serve 08-00-1861; assigned to duty with 5th Va. Inf. 09-12-1861; on duty with Arty. Corps 11-00-1861; relieved from duty with Arty. Corps and ordered to duty with Gen. T. J. Jackson at Winchester 11-00-1861 Inspector General for Valley District, Dept. of Northern Va. 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; appointed Col. 5th Regt. Va. Vols. 04-21-1862, commanding 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: 133 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 123 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life:
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: // Cause of Death: Burial Place: Hebron Presbyterian Church Cemetery Route 708 Augusta Co. Epitaph: |