Soldiers Records

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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:33673).

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Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Joseph Alfred Wilson

Birth Place: Near Valley Mills, Augusta Co.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:Moved to Mo.; Returned to Va. when war started

Date of Enlistment: 4/19/1861

Place of Enlistment: Churchville

Age at Enlistment:

Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: 1st Sgt.

Company: I

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 14th Va. Cav.

Promotions: To 1st Lt.; Promoted Captain 02-12-1863

Transfers and Other Service:

Muster Sheet: Enlisted as 1st Sgt.; Present 07-00-1861 through 07-00-1861; Present 03-00-1862 through 04-00-1862; Present as 1st Lt. 09-00-1862 through 10-00-1862; Commanding Co. 10-31-1862 through 02-28-1863; Present 03-00-1863 through 04-00-1863; Present 05-25-1863; Present Gettysburg Campaign, Shepherdstown, Droop Mt., Lynchburg Campaign, Hanging Rock, Cumberland, Old Town; WIA 08-07-1864; Retired 03-04-1865

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Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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Killed in Action:

Wounded in Action: Moorefield, lost left arm, - 8/7/1864

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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)

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Postwar Life: Farmer, Craigsville PO, Augusta Co. 1870 census; Member, Stonewall Jackson Camp, CV, Staunton; Helped Capt. Bouldin mark Confederate Cavalry lines, Gettysburg 07-00-87 obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place: Pastures Dist., Augusta Co.

Date of Death: 6/24/1917

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Burial Place: Hebron Presb. Ch. Cem.

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