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Shields, James
MILITARY SERVICE
Age: 21, credited to Guildhall, VT; Burke, VT
Unit(s): 3rd VT INF, 11th VT INF
Service: enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. I, 3rd VT INF, dis/dsb 2/19/62; enl 7/31/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. A, 11th VT INF, m/o 6/24/65
See Legend for expansion of abbreviations
VITALS
Birth: 1841, Craftsbury, VT
Death: 06/23/1912
Burial: Oxbow Cemetery, Newbury, VT
Marker/Plot: No_Marker
Gravestone researcher/photographer:
Findagrave Memorial #: 0
(There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it)
MORE INFORMATION
Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Unknown
Portrait?: Unknown
College?: Not Found
Veterans Home?: Not Found
(If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war)
Remarks: WPA Graves Registration Card indicates "no marker"
Webmaster's Note: The 11th Vermont Infantry was also known as the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery; the names were used interchangably for most of its career
DESCENDANTS
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BURIAL:
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Oxbow Cemetery, Newbury, VT
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Obituary
James Shields died quite suddenly Sunday night at the home of Charles Ford, where he has made his home. His nephew, Mr. Humphrey of Newbury, arrived here Monday, and took the body to that place for burial. Mr. Shields was 70 years of age.
Source: Barre Daily Times, June 26, 1912
Courtesy of Deanna French
