Battle of Shiloh 10 DEATH CERTIFICATES, Civil War Union Confederacy Documents

Description: HISTORICAL CIVIL WAR RESEARCH DOCUMENTSNEVER BEFORE SEEN ON EBAY!!!Are you writing a book, paper or otherwise just conducting research on the Civil War? Then you will want to get a look at these fantastic research documents. The Battle of Shiloh AKA The Battle of Pittsburg Landing (fought on Aug. 6-7, 1862) is arguably one of the most famous of all Civil War battles between the Union and Confederate forces. Killed and wounded number almost 20,000. Now you can get your very own copies of the death certificates of some of these remarkable men who ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN AND SURVIVED the battle and lived for many years after!!!!!Total of 10 documents for your research.Notable UNION SurvivorsMajor General Augustus Louis Chetlain: Born December 26, 1824 at St Louis, Missouri and died March 15, 1914 at Chicago, Illinois. Served from May 1861 as Captain in 12th Illinois, Lieutenant Colonel, Forts Henry and Donelson, Battle of Shiloh, April 1862 Colonel, Corinth, Dec. 1863 appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers, recruited Black troops in Tennessee & Kentucky, commanded at Memphis. Brevet promotion to Major General U.S.V. June 18, 1865.John Lincoln Clem: Born in Ohio on August 13, 1851 he attempted to enlist in the Third Ohio Volunteers but was rejected because of his youth. He attached himself unofficially to the Twenty-second Michigan Infantry and participated in the battle of Shiloh as a drummer. He enlisted shortly thereafter and participated in the battle of Chickamauga, in which, at the age of twelve, he shot a Confederate colonel who demanded his surrender. After the battle, the "Drummer Boy of Chickamauga" was promoted to sergeant and placed upon the roll of honor, the youngest soldier ever to be a noncommissioned officer in the US Army. After participating with the Army of the Cumberland in many other battles, being twice wounded and a prisoner of war, he was discharged in 1864. He returned home and graduated from high school in 1870. He continued in service to the army and rose to the rank of Major General by the time he retired in 1916. He died in San Antonio, Texas on May 17, 1937.Thomas Tinsley Heath: Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He was an attorney in Cincinnati, Ohio until his duties turned to recruiting soldiers for the Civil War. He was commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel and successfully raised ten of the twelve companies that comprised the 5th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. He served with the regiment at the Battle of Shiloh and the Siege of Corinth and performed several reconnaissance missions for Major General William T. Sherman. He was promoted to Colonel in July, 1862 and led his men at the Battle of Corinth, during the Vicksburg Campaign, the Battles of Chattanooga and Bentonville, and the peaceful surrender of Savannah, Georgia. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on December 15, 1864. After the war, he resumed his law practice and also authored "Straws-Sketches of War History", which appeared in volume seven of the "Ohio Mollus" in 1909. He was one of the last remaining Civil War brevet generals when he died at the age of 90 in 1925.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Notable CONFEDERATE SurvivorsJames Knox. Polk Blackburn: Born in Maury County, TN in 1837. Part of the Eighth Texas Cavalry, or Terry's Texas Rangers Blackburn was elected first lieutenant of his company a few weeks after the battle of Shiloh and soon became captain. He served with his command in all major engagements until the battle of Farmington, on October 7, 1863, After the War he settled in Tennessee and lived to the age of 86 passing away on July 6, 1923.James O. Luby: Born in London, England. Enlisted in the Confederate army in the First Louisiana Infantry in New Orleans and participated in the attack on Santa Rosa Island, bombardment of Fort Pickens, Battle of Shiloh, and the engagement between the Richmond and Niagara. After the War he served in the Mexican Liberal Army, practiced law and was Justice of the Peace in Duval County. He was a judge, customs agent and rancher. He died in Texas on December 9, 1932.Samuel Swan Ashe: Born June 14, 1839 in Brownsville, TN Samuel Ashe's grandfather, Samuel Ashe, had been a governor of North Carolina and was the man after whom the city of Asheville was named. At the outbreak of the Civil War Ashe enlisted as a private in Company B of the famed Eighth Texas Cavalry-popularly known as Terry's Texas Rangers. When Col. Benjamin Franklin Terry was killed at the battle of Woodsonville, Kentucky, Ashe helped to remove his body from the field. In 1862 he took part in the battles of Shiloh, where his brother William was killed, and Murfreesboro, TN. He was wounded in action in 1863, but after recovery was promoted to lieutenant and transferred to White's Battery of horse artillery. He participated in the battles of Chickamauga and Atlanta and in the campaign in the Carolinas. During the Atlanta campaign he was promoted to captain. After the war he moved to Lynchburg and entered the mercantile business in partnership with John B. Snydor. In 1870 Ashe was elected justice of the peace in Harris County and he served until 1873. He was elected sheriff of Harris County on Dec. 17, 1873, and served for four years. He was elected tax collector in 1880 and served until 1883. From 1893 until 1897 he was clerk of the district criminal court. He died on April 29, 1919.Robert Thompson Van Horn: Born May 19, 1824 in Pennsylvania. He moved to Ohio and studied law and was admitted to the bar about 1850. He moved to Kansas City, MO in 1855 and was elected mayor of KC serving 3 terms from 1861-1864. He served as lieutenant colonel of the Twenty-fifth regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded at the Battle of Lexington and later had a horse shot out from under him at the Battle of Shiloh. After the War he served in Congress, from 1865-1871. He died January 3, 1916 in Kansas City, MO.George Wythe Baylor: Confederate military officer and Texas Ranger, was born in Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, on August 2, 1832. He is said to have raised the first Confederate flag over Austin, Texas. He was commissioned a first lieutenant in Company H of the Second Cavalry, and served as regimental adjutant before resigning to become senior aide-de-camp to Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston in August or Sept. 1861. After Johnston's death at the battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, on April 6, 1862, Baylor returned to Texas and was elected lieutenant colonel and commander of the Second Battalion of Henry H. Sibley's army. When the battalion merged with the Second Cavalry regiment of the Arizona Brigade, Baylor was elected its colonel. He also commanded a regiment of cavalry during the Red River campaign of 1864 and was commended for gallantry at the battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. After the War he fought Indians and later served in the Texas House of Representatives. He died in El Paso, TX on March 17, 1916 at the age of 83.John Saunders Gooch: Confederate Officer, organized Company E of the 20th Tennessee Infantry regiment in Smyrna during the Spring of 1861. He was named Captain and commander of the Company, he served through the April 1862 Battle of Shiloh. When the regiment was reorganized in May 1862, he was elected the unit?s Lieutenant Colonel, replacing Lt. Colonel Moscow Carter, who was captured at Shiloh. He served in this rank for over a year, resigning in July 1863. After the war he came home to TN and stayed there farming and breeding thoroughbred harness and trotting horses. He was also Postmaster of the 1st District in 1886, and served in the 1889 Tennessee House of Representatives. He died on Dec. 23, 1915.John (Johnny) W. Green (1841-1920) an enlisted man with Kentucky?s famed Confederate Orphan Brigade throughout the Civil War, fought at Shiloh, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Atlanta and many other crucial battles. Died at Jefferson County, KY on June 13, 1920.Total of 10 death records copies provide much interesting information about each survivor including date and place of birth and death, residence, occupation at time of death, place of burial and cause of death and much more. Please see the example pic for a good idea of info you can expect to glean from these amazing research items.Please check out my ebay store as I have hundreds of Civil War-related death certificates and photos!Thanks for looking!

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