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Confederate (CSA)

Captain

Abram Wimbish

(1838 - 1919)

Home State: Virginia

Command Billet: Battery Commander

Branch of Service: Artillery

Unit: Long Island (VA) Battery

Before Sharpsburg

He was enrolled as First Lieutenant of the Long Island Battery on 15 March 1862. On the death of Captain Patrick Henry Clark in July 1862 he was promoted to Captain and took command of the battery.

On the Campaign

He commanded the battery on the Campaign.

The rest of the War

His battery was disbanded in October 1862 and he was assigned to the Bureau of Conscription.

References & notes

His service basics from Lee Wallace's Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865 (1964). His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

05/09/1838

Death

07/04/1919; burial in Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, VA