Father: William Henry Shield, M.D. (1807-1882)
Mother: Anna Byrd Corbin (1809-1847)
02/00/1847 - Mother, Anna, died in York Co., VA (buried: Moore House Cemetery, Yorktown, York Co., VA)
07/24/1850 - Lived, York Co., VA (lived with his father, father's 2nd wife, Susan A. and sibs - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Wm. H. Sheild, Jr.)
1856 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Medical Department, Philadelphia, PA (from: Virginia; thesis: "Bright's Disease")
06/12/1860 - Practiced medicine with his father, Gloucester Co., VA (lived with his father and sibs - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as Wm. H. Sheild, Jr.)
06/01/1861 - Mustered in as Pvt., Capt. J. B. Cosnahan's Co., of Artillery (Peninsula Artillery), Virginia Volunteers [this unit subsequently became (1st) Co. I, 32nd VA Infantry], Williamsburg, VA
07/01/1861-07/25/1861 - "Acting as Asst. Surgeon". 32 VA Infantry (25 cents/per day extra duty pay)
07/31/1861 - Pvt., (1st) Co. I, 32nd VA Infantry
08/01/1861 - Detailed as Head Nurse and Ward Master, Seminary Hospital [Williamsburg, Virginia] and ordered to report to Dr. Archibald M. Nesbitt, Post Surgeon
08/02/1861 - Detailed as apothecary at Hospital, Williamsburg, VA
11/24/1861 - Ward Master, Seminary Hospital, Williamsburg, VA - on detail from Randolph's Artillery Regiment
03/19/1862 - Stationed, Gloucester Point, VA
05/17/1862 - Ordered to report to Gen. J. E. Johnston for duty with Gen. D. H. Hill (S.O. 113/3)
08/16/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 05/15/1862
09/26/1862 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
10/00/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 32nd VA Infantry
12/00/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 32nd VA Infantry
01/08/1863 - Assigned to the 32nd VA Infantry as Asst. Surgeon
02/16/1863 - In a letter from the President of the Army Medical Board, Army of Northern Virginia, "Sir: You are hereby informed that the Army Medical Board before which you appeared for examination have made a report Favorable in your case . . . Report in person to Surg. Guild, Med. Dir. A.N.V."
02/16/1863 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States to rank from 02/16/1863
05/01/1863 - Surgeon, 32nd VA Infantry
06/01/1863 - Surgeon, 32nd VA Infantry
07/15/1863 - "This is to certify that [I] have carefully examined John R. Patrick, Co. A, 32nd Va Inf and find that he has been suffering from Neuralgic Rheumatism for the last twelve months - which is much aggravated by exposure in the field & therefore [I] recommend that he be detailed on some duty which would better suit his constitution. Petersburg [Virginia], July 15th/63, Wm. H. Sheild, Surg 32nd. Va Reg"
01/00/1864 - Surgeon, 32nd VA Infantry, Chaffin's Farm, VA
01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
03/01/1864 - Surgeon, 32nd VA Infantry, Chaffin's Farm, VA
04/11/1864 - Member, Confederate Army Medical Examining Board
09/13/1864 - Surgeon, 32nd VA Infantry, Pickett's Division
02/06/1865 - Surgeon, 32nd VA Infantry
04/09/1865 - Senior Surgeon, Gen. M. D. Corse's Brigade
04/09/1865 - As Surgeon, 32nd VA Infantry, Gen. G. E. Pickett's Division, paroled by the U.S. Army, Appomattox C. H., VA
08/08/1870 - Practiced medicine, Nelson Township, York Co., VA (lived with sibs - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as "William H. Shield")
06/18/1880 - Practiced medicine, Nelson Township, York Co., VA (lived alone - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as "William H. Shield")
04/16/1882 - Father, William, died in ?Yorktown, York Co., VA (buried: Moore House Cemetery, Yorktown, York Co., VA)
1886 - Practiced medicine, Yorktown, York Co. VA (indexed in Polk's Medical and Surgical Directory of the United States as "W. H. Shields")
1888 - Practiced medicine, Yorktown, York Co., VA (indexed in Chataigne's Virginia Gazetteer and Classified Business Directory as "W. H. Shield")
1890 - Practiced medicine, Yorktown, York Co. VA (indexed in Polk's Medical and Surgical Directory of the United States as "W. H. Shields")
~1893 - Asst. Superintendent, Eastern Lunatic Asylum, Williamsburg, VA
10/22/1894 - Died, Williamsburg, VA (buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Williamsburg, VA)

Note: Dr. William Henry Sheild, Jr. did not marry.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
04/25/2017. Unpublished database.