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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:33454).
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Name: Charles Brooks Birth Place: Near Waynesboro Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Student at Washington College; Resident of Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 7/7/1861 Place of Enlistment: Lexington Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
| Service Information | Military Service Record |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: I Transfer Company: Regiment: 4th Va. Inf. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service:Reenl. in Co. F, 43rd Btn. Va. Cav., 12-05-1864 Muster Sheet: Pres., 12-31-1864 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: 2nd Manassas, bruised ankle - 8/28/1862 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 573 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 532 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Living in Waynesboro in 1909
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Date of Death: 1/23/1920 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Riverview Cem., Waynesboro Epitaph: |