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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Rufus A. Shaw

(1840 - 1916)

Home State: Mississippi

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 11th Mississippi Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

A 21 year old farmer in College Hill, MD, he enlisted as Private, Company G, 11th Mississippi Infantry on 26 April 1861 in Oxford.

On the Campaign

He was wounded through the left lung in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was discharged for disability at Shepherdstown, VA on 15 July 1864.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Confederate Service Records via the Historical Data Systems database. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

04/29/1840

Death

02/21/1916; burial in College Hill Cemetery, Oxford, MS