Pvt. Adelbert O. Shaw

Pvt. Adelbert O. Shaw

  Listed on the 1850 Census #137/230 as aged 7 years living in Elgin, Ill's.
   Listed on the 1860 census #280/2087 as a 17 year old Farmer living in Elgin, Ill's.

Elgin Union Grays

   Enlisted Aug. 8, 1861

A Co. 36th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

Fox River Regiment

Steedman's Brigade

Sheridan's Division

Fourth Corps

   Mustered In Sept. 23, 1861 at Camp Hammond in Montgomery, Ill.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield Rifled Musket.
   Discharged Sept. 22, 1864, reason not listed.

Known Actions;
Leetown, Ark.           March 7, '62
Pea Ridge, Ark.         March 8, '62
Perryville, Ky.           Oct. 8, 1862
Stones River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862
Tullahoma, Tenn.      June 24, 1863
Chickamauga, Ga.    Sept. 20, 1863
Missionary Ridge       Nov. 25, 1863
New Hope Church, Ga.  Nov. 27, 1863
Rocky Face Ridge, Ga. May 7, 1864
Resaca, Ga.              May 13, 1864
Adairsville, Ga.         May 17, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Ga.               Aug. 13, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga.          Aug. 31, 1864

Post war;
   Died Oct. 17, 1866.
   Buried in Elgin City Cemetery.
   Re-interred at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill. when the City cemetery closed.