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:5971).

Personal Information Enlistment Records

Name: Samuel E. Cormany

Birth Place: Franklin, PA

Date of Birth: 8/31/1840

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Date of Enlistment: 9/22/1862

Place of Enlistment: Chambersburg, Pa.

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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer

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Service Information Military Service Record

Rank: 2nd Lt.

Company: H

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Regiment: 161st Pa. 16th Cav.

Promotions: To 2nd, Lt., 05-27-1864; To 1st Lt., 11-07-1864; To Field & Staff, 12-10-1864.

Transfers and Other Service:Detailed to command Co. I, 05-00-1864.

Muster Sheet: Furlough, 01-00-1865 To 02-00-1865.

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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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