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Hart's Battery Confederate Civil War
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Jas./James J. Shumaker, Private, Company D, 40th Regiment Tennessee Infantry, enlisted September 24, 1861 at Mern[sp?] by Col. Walker for 3 years, recorded at the October 5, 1862 muster as absent, sick furlough, no further records

M268: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee

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James J. Shumaker/Shoemaker, Private, Captain Hart’s Artillery Company, enlisted August 1, 1862 at Napoleon by Capt. Jackson for the war,** captured at Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark., January 11, 1863,* liberated from Camp Butler, Illinois during the month of March, 1863, no further records

* 24 years old, born in Arkansas, resident of Ashley, Ark., 5’ 5”, blue eyes, light hair

** Remarks “of 40th Tenn. Reg. Vols.”

Note, there are no later muster rolls, hence, we cannot ascertain his further service

M317: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas