Will Be Buried in Gray Uniform He Loved....
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Robert "Bob" Shropshire
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Birth: unknown
Nashville
Davidson County
Tennessee, USA
Death: Dec. 17, 1907
Louisiana, USA
Confederate black veteran, Texas
Burial:
Non-Cemetery Burial
Created by: Martha Reid 19 UDC
Record added: Feb 04, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial # 65157399
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John S. Shropshire
Residence Columbus TX; a 29 year-old Lawyer.
Enlisted on 9/1/1861 as a Captain.
On 9/1/1861 he was commissioned into "A" Co. TX 5th Cavalry
He was Killed on 3/28/1862 at Glorieta Pass, NM
(Estimated date of enlistment)
Promotions:
* Major
Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* from company A to Field & Staff
Other Information:
born in Kentucky
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- Research by Brian Heintzelman
(c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com
NOTES:
The following was submitted by: Brian Heintzelman
This soldier was killed at the Battle of Glorieta Pass in March 1862.
He was killed instantly by a musket ball in the forehead, fired by a
Colorado private named Pierce.
Shropshire was 29 years old, a lawyer from Columbus, Texas.
At the time of his death he was a Major, not a Captain.
In the summer of 1987, his remains were tentatively identified,
having been buried near Pigeon's Ranch. His remains were reburied in
Kentucky where he was born.
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Ben Shropshire, 35, Captain, Capt. B. Shropshire’s Company, 5th Regiment Texas Volunters,* enlisted October 19, 1861 at Galveston, Tx. for 6 months, mustered out April 24,1862,
* This company was also known as Company F, 9th (Nichols’) Texas Regiment Texas Infantry
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B. Shropshire, A. C. S., Captain of Cavalry, Waul’s Texas Legion, commissioned June 5,1862 near Brenham, recorded at the end of year 1862 as absent, on detached duty as Post Commissary at Grenada remaining through February, 1864, no further records
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas