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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:27051).
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Name: Benjamin Franklin Cochran Birth Place: Newberry, S.C. Date of Birth: 8/31/1840 Physical Description: Prewar Life:1860 census listed occupation as student, 1st District Augusta Co. |
Date of Enlistment: 5/2/1861 Place of Enlistment: Waynesboro Age at Enlistment: Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer Conscript or Substitute: |
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Rank: Pvt. Company: E Transfer Company: Regiment: 1st Va. Cav. |
Promotions: Transfers and Other Service: Muster Sheet: Captured: Missing In Action: Prison: AWOL: Deserted: Discharge: Paroled: // Notes: |
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Died of Disease: Killed in Action: Wounded in Action: - // Hospital: Died of Wounds: |
Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney Family Number from 1860 census: 506 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Dwelling Number from 1860 census: 459 (Click on number to see the 1860 census record) Postwar Life: 1870 census listed occupation as farmer, South River District, Augusta Co. Moved to Texas 1880.
obituary states he was a sharpshooter Death Place: Bosque Co., Texas Date of Death: 7/21/1893 Cause of Death: Burial Place: Oswald Cemetery, Bosque Co., Texas. Epitaph: |