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Federal (USV)

Sergeant

Joseph S. Shirley

(? - 1865)

Home State: Pennsylvania

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 11th Pennsylvania Infantry

Before Antietam

He mustered into service in Company I on 20 September 1861.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Wounded at Fredericksburg - killed at Five Forks on April 1, 1865.

References & notes

Basic information from Bates1. Thanks to Steve Maczuga for publishing Bates' information in his excellent database.

Death

04/01/1865; Five Forks, VA

Notes

1   Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871  [AotW citation 11101]