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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:31111).
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Name: Michael Garber "Mike" Harman Birth Place: Staunton Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 Census, Proprietor, age 37, Staunton; hotel and stage line owner and operator in Staunton |
Date of Enlistment: 8/19/1861 Place of Enlistment: Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Lt. Col. Company: Transfer Company: Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Appointed Maj. and QM state of Va. 04-00-1861; QM Staunton 04-00-1861 to 01-00-1862; elected Capt. Co. H 34th Va. Inf.; elected Lt. Col. 52nd Va. 08-19-1861; resigned commission as QM 01-08-1862; acting Chief QM Gen. T. J. Jackson 02-00-1862; elected Col. 05-01-1862; QM Staunton to end of war after resigning 06-06-1863 Transfers and Other Service:QM Staunton 04-00-1861 to 01-00-1862; elected Capt. Co. H 34th Va. Inf.; elected Lt. Col. 52nd Va. 08-19-1861 and served in dual capacity until resigning his commission as QM 01-08-1862; acting Chief QM Gen. T. J. Jackson 02-00-1862; served as QM Staunton until end of war after resigning 06-06-1863 Muster Sheet: Returned to duty after McDowell and present at Sharpsburg 09-17-1862; absent 10-00-1862 to 02-00-1863; present 04-00-1863, 05-00-1863; resigned 06-06-1863 for disability; served as QM Staunton to end of war Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: McDowell, right arm - // Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 414 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 367 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Part owner Natural Bridge Hotel 1864; hotel owner; stage line operator; President, Valley Railroad; mail contractor; President, Central Livestock Co. Staunton; Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors 1865-1866
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Richmond Date of Death: 12/17/1877 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery Epitaph: |