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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:33650).
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Name: Francis Franklin Sterrett Birth Place: Churchville Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:Farmhand, Northern Dist., Augusta co. 1860 census; Served as Col. of 160th Va. Militia before war |
Date of Enlistment: 4/19/1861 Place of Enlistment: Churchville Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Capt. Company: I Transfer Company: Regiment: 14th Va. Cav. |
Promotions: Not reelected 05-15-1862 Transfers and Other Service:Enlisted in Co. A, 10th Va. Cav. as Pvt. 10-00-1864; Elected 2nd Lt. 12-23-1864 Muster Sheet: Present 07-00-1861 through 08-00-1861; WIA, 07-11-1861; Present, Greenbrier River, 10-05-1861; Present 03-00-1862 through 04-00-1862 Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: 4/20/1865 Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: Rich Mt., side of head, - 7/11/1861 Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 864 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 859 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: Farmer, Mt. Sidney PO, 1870 census; Farmer, Riverside and Irvinwood near Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Near Staunton Date of Death: 6/18/1899 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Thornrose Cem. Epitaph: |