Soldier:  Timothy O’Shay (correct spelling O’Shea)

Regiment:  3rd. OVI        

Company:  I

Age:  18        

Date Entering Service:  June 15, 1861

Period of Service:  3 years

Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):

Captured while raiding near Rome, Georgia in 1863;  taken to Richmond; exchanged; mustered out with company June 21, 1864 (Strait’s Raid).

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:

Timothy O’Shea was born in Ireland.  After the war he moved to Cleveland, where he remained for the rest of his life.  He was married to Maria O’Shea.  He was a baggage master.  In 1892 he filed for an invalid’s pension.

Date of Death:  Dec. 22, 1910      Place of burial:  St. John’s Catholic Cem, Cleveland, OH

Adopted By:                          Researcher:   Patrick Drouhard