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Benjamin Franklin Absher

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Benjamin Franklin Absher

Birth
Halls Mills, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Death
21 Dec 1909 (aged 73)
Traphill, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
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Benjamin F. Absher
Residence Wilkes County NC; 28 years old.
Enlisted on 9/22/1862 at Near Petersburg, VA as a Private.
On 9/22/1862 he mustered into "F" Co. NC 52nd Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
Confined Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC (date not stated)
POW 7/14/1863 Falling Waters, MD
Transferred 8/23/1863 Baltimore, MD (And paroled)
Exchanged 8/24/1863 City Point, VA
Hospitalized 11/17/1863 Charlottesville, VA
Furloughed 1/5/1864 (place not stated) (60 days)
AWOL 3/15/1864 (place not stated) (Estimated day)
Returned 10/4/1864 (place not stated)
POW 10/27/1864 Burgess' Mill, VA
Confined 10/31/1864 Point Lookout, MD
Paroled 3/17/1865 Point Lookout, MD
Exchanged 3/19/1865 Boulware's Wharf, VA
No Dates
Benjamin F. Absher
Residence Wilkes County NC; 28 years old.
Enlisted on 9/22/1862 at Near Petersburg, VA as a Private.
On 9/22/1862 he mustered into "F" Co. NC 52nd Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
Confined Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC (date not stated)
POW 7/14/1863 Falling Waters, MD
Transferred 8/23/1863 Baltimore, MD (And paroled)
Exchanged 8/24/1863 City Point, VA
Hospitalized 11/17/1863 Charlottesville, VA
Furloughed 1/5/1864 (place not stated) (60 days)
AWOL 3/15/1864 (place not stated) (Estimated day)
Returned 10/4/1864 (place not stated)
POW 10/27/1864 Burgess' Mill, VA
Confined 10/31/1864 Point Lookout, MD
Paroled 3/17/1865 Point Lookout, MD
Exchanged 3/19/1865 Boulware's Wharf, VA
No Dates

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