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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:2275).
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Name: James E. Beard Birth Place: Virginia Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmer, age 38, 1st District, Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 8/1/1861 Place of Enlistment: Staunton Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: D Transfer Company: Regiment: 5th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Never returned to ranks after being wounded at 2nd Manassas 08-28-1862 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 5/15/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: 2nd Manassas - 8/28/1862 Hospital: Sent to hosp. at Richmond 02-27-1862 Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 1150 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 1151 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 Census, Farmer, age 48, Riverheads District, Augusta Co. Residing in Middlebrook 1893
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: near Greenville Date of Death: 9/11/1906 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Bethel Church Cemetery Augusta Co. Epitaph: |