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:3644).

Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: David F. Daihl

Birth Place: Franklin County, Pa.

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

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Prewar Life:

Date of Enlistment: 3/21/1861

Place of Enlistment: Pittsburgh, Pa.; Chambersburg, Pa.; also 03-03-1862

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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: 1st Lt.

Company: A

Transfer Company:

Regiment: 77th Pa.

Promotions: 08-01-1863 to Cpl.; 11-01-1864 to Sgt.;09-01-1865 to 1st Sgt.;10-04-1865 to 1st Lt.

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Muster Sheet: 03-03-1862 Harrisburg

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Wounded/Killed Information Other Information

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Wounded in Action: Nashville, TN - 12/16/1864

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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney

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Postwar Life: obituary states he was a sharpshooter

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