Soldiers Records

From Compiled Military Service Records at National Archives

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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_franklin AND id_num:3326).

Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Samuel Z. Maxwell

Birth Place:

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

Physical Description:

Prewar Life:

Date of Enlistment: 7/28/1862

Place of Enlistment: Chambersburg, Pa.

Age at Enlistment:

Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

Conscript or Substitute:

Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: Pvt.

Company: A

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 126th Pa.

Promotions:

Transfers and Other Service:Served in Co. D 182nd Pa. 21st Cav. From 07-15-1863 Through 02-20-1864

Muster Sheet: Absent sick 12-13-1862 Forward; Served from 08-11-1862 Through 05-20-1863

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Missing In Action:

Prison:

AWOL:

Deserted:

Discharge:

Paroled: //

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Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

Died of Disease:

Killed in Action:

Wounded in Action: - //

Hospital: Typhoid fever, hosp. at Point Lookout Md. 12-13-1862 forward

Died of Wounds:

Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

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

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

Postwar Life: obituary states he was a sharpshooter

Death Place:

Date of Death: //

Cause of Death:

Burial Place: Cedar Grove Cem., Chambersburg, M-Grave 292 or J-Grave 292

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