Soldier: James H Shackleford
Regiment: 3rd. OVI Company: I
Age: 19 Date Entering Service: 6/15/1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Appointed Sergeant from Corporal 2/24/1863. Mustered out with Company 6/21/1864
Battles in which he fought:
Battle of Rich Mountain, West Virginia 7/6/1861
Battle of Elkwater, West Virginia 7/11/1861
Battle of Bridgeport, Alabama 4/29/1862
Battle of Perryville, Kentucky 10/8/1862
Battle of Stones River, Tennessee 12/31/1862
Battle of Sand Mountain, Alabama 4/30/1863
Battle of Black Warrior Creek, Alabama 5/1/1863
Battle of Blount’s Farm, Alabama 5/2/1863
Other interesting information discovered:
James H Shackleford was born in the year of 1841. He lived in Morrow County as a young boy. He applied for a pension in 1883, while living in Indiana. He died at Pittsburg, Kansas in 1916.
Date of Death: January 17, 1916 Place of burial: Pittsburg, Kansas
Adopted By: Researcher: Velda L Montgomery