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COL Benjamin Howard Shackelford

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COL Benjamin Howard Shackelford Veteran

Birth
Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
Death
18 May 1870 (aged 50)
Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.7136726, Longitude: -77.800354
Plot
Old Section Lot G-101
Memorial ID
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Pre and postwar lawyer in Warrenton, Virginia. Lt. in volunteer militia. 1st Lt., Co. K, 17th Virginia, April 22, 1861. Capt. June 3, 1861. WIA Blackburn's Ford, July 18, 1861. Resigned Feb. 20, 1862. Colonel and chief judge, military court of the Valley Cavalry Corps., March 23, 1865. Died while running for the legislature.
Pre and postwar lawyer in Warrenton, Virginia. Lt. in volunteer militia. 1st Lt., Co. K, 17th Virginia, April 22, 1861. Capt. June 3, 1861. WIA Blackburn's Ford, July 18, 1861. Resigned Feb. 20, 1862. Colonel and chief judge, military court of the Valley Cavalry Corps., March 23, 1865. Died while running for the legislature.


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