Tolbert B. Shipley

Mustered into service as a Private on July 29th, 1861

Died 15 February 1920

Buried Marion National Cemetery, Grant County Indiana

Private Shipley was detached as a Brigade Teamster and a Divisional Teamster in 1863. He was wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness on May 5th, 1864. He was taken to a hospital in Philadelphia where he stayed until August of that year.  In the fall he transferred to Company I of the 20th Indiana Infantry where he remained until his muster out on July 12th, 1865.

In February of 1874 he filed for a pension.

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