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Submitted: 7/25/16 • Approved: 10/15/16 • Last Updated: 10/18/16 • R81451-G81451-S3
military marker
Joseph W Shaw
Pvt Co B 112 NY Inf
Civil War
July 30, 1864
old marker
Son of Joseph and Juliette Shaw "killed in front of Petersburg, VA" 30 July 1864 aged 19 years, 7 months, Co. B 112 Regt. NYSV. This stone had been bolted to a huge base. The bolt is still there. The base is about 36 inches square and slopes down a curve and levels out about 5 feet, all one continuous stone and very thick. the headstone had a curved sculptured top and bottom which had broken off when the bottom split at the bolt.
Joseph Shaw
Enlistment Date: 4 Aug 1862
Enlistment Place: Ellington, New York
Side Served: Union
State Served: New York
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 4 August 1862 at the age of 18.
Enlisted in Company B, 112th Infantry Regiment New York on 8 Aug 1862.
Killed Company B, 112th Infantry Regiment New York on 30 Jul 1864 at Petersburg, VA
His brother is also buried here
Squire HOWE Shaw
Enlistment Date: 4 Aug 1862
Enlistment Place: Ellington, New York
Side Served: Union
State Served: New York
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 4 August 1862 at the age of 21.
Enlisted in Company B, 112th Infantry Regiment New York on 8 Aug 1862.
Died from wounds Company B, 112th Infantry Regiment New York on 3 Jun 1864.
these men were Grandsons of
SQUIRE HOWE buried here also
HOWE, Squire, died 12 Feb. 1855, age 69-6-23.
* Squire H. Shaw, Ellington, promoted Corporal November 1, '63; wounded in
battle, Cold Harbor, June 1, '64, through breast, and died June 3d in Field
Hospital.
Contributed on 7/25/16 by peebles_mark
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