Soldier:  James H Shackleford

Regiment:         3^rd. 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