Philip J. Shields
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Jump to navigationJump to searchPhilip J. Shields[1] was a private in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company D.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on May 10, 1861 in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company D
- Wounded in action at the Battle of Fitzhugh's Crossing
- Died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 19, 1864 of wounds received
Postwar Career
Family
Notes
- ↑ WLCW 0027 also spells his name Philip I. Shields. For now, it has been left this way.
Sources
- Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 27)
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 512)
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry
- Wisconsin Enlisted
- Soldiers from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Source: RWV (1) 0512
- Source: WLCW 0027
- Wisconsin Wounded
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Wounded
- Wisconsin Wounded at Fitzhugh's Crossing
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Wounded at Fitzhugh's Crossing
- Wisconsin Killed
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Killed
- Wisconsin Killed at Fitzhugh's Crossing
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Killed at Fitzhugh's Crossing
