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PVT George W Abel

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PVT George W Abel Veteran

Birth
Prince William County, Virginia, USA
Death
28 May 1927 (aged 88–89)
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.5419806, Longitude: -77.458186
Plot
Confederate Soldiers' Section: East, 634
Memorial ID
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Company H "Black Horse Cavalry", 4th Virginia Cavalry, Mumford's Brigade, Fitzhugh Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence Fauquier County, VA.; fair complexion, 6' tall.
Enlisted on 3/1/1862, he was mustered into "H" Co. VA 4th Cavalry as a Private.
Wounded 5/5/1862 in the Battle of Williamsburg, Va.
POW 2/1/1863 Fauquier County, VA.; confined 2/6/1863 Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC; exchanged.
POW 7/4/1863 Gettysburg, PA.; confined 7/7/1863 Fort Delaware, DE.; exchanged 2/18/1865.
Admitted 2/22/1865 Wayside Hospital.
Paroled 5/5/1865 Fairfax Court House, VA.

On 10/9/1918, age 80, single, and formerly a farm laborer, he applied for admittance into the Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home, Richmond, Va., due to "infirmities of age". He was ordered to report 11/18/1918; admitted 11/25/1918.
He died there.

The 4th Cavalry Regiment, "Escorts to Gen. Stonewall Jackson", completed its organization at Sangster's Cross Roads, Prince William County, Virginia, in September, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Prince William, Chesterfield, Madison, Culpeper, Powhatan, Goochland, Hanover, Fauquier, Buckingham, and the City of Richmond.
It participated in the Battle of Williamsburg, the Seven Days' Battles, 2nd Manassas, Maryland campaigns, Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Upperville, Gettysburg, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Spotsylvania, Haw's Shop, Bethesda Church, the Shenandoah Valley with Early and around Appomattox.

Company H "Black Horse Cavalry", 4th Virginia Cavalry, Mumford's Brigade, Fitzhugh Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence Fauquier County, VA.; fair complexion, 6' tall.
Enlisted on 3/1/1862, he was mustered into "H" Co. VA 4th Cavalry as a Private.
Wounded 5/5/1862 in the Battle of Williamsburg, Va.
POW 2/1/1863 Fauquier County, VA.; confined 2/6/1863 Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC; exchanged.
POW 7/4/1863 Gettysburg, PA.; confined 7/7/1863 Fort Delaware, DE.; exchanged 2/18/1865.
Admitted 2/22/1865 Wayside Hospital.
Paroled 5/5/1865 Fairfax Court House, VA.

On 10/9/1918, age 80, single, and formerly a farm laborer, he applied for admittance into the Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home, Richmond, Va., due to "infirmities of age". He was ordered to report 11/18/1918; admitted 11/25/1918.
He died there.

The 4th Cavalry Regiment, "Escorts to Gen. Stonewall Jackson", completed its organization at Sangster's Cross Roads, Prince William County, Virginia, in September, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Prince William, Chesterfield, Madison, Culpeper, Powhatan, Goochland, Hanover, Fauquier, Buckingham, and the City of Richmond.
It participated in the Battle of Williamsburg, the Seven Days' Battles, 2nd Manassas, Maryland campaigns, Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Upperville, Gettysburg, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Spotsylvania, Haw's Shop, Bethesda Church, the Shenandoah Valley with Early and around Appomattox.

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  • Created by: BigFrench
  • Added: Feb 24, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13430331/george_w-abel: accessed ), memorial page for PVT George W Abel (1838–28 May 1927), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13430331, citing Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by BigFrench (contributor 46554304).