| Birth: | Aug. 10, 1812
Mount Holly
Burlington County
New Jersey, USA | | Death: | Apr. 14, 1875
Washington
District of Columbia
District Of Columbia, USA | 
Civil War Union Army Officer. Brevetted Major General. Post, No. 26, G.A.R.- This post, in Department of New Jersey, located at Mount Holly, was instituted in July, 1879, with the following charter members, viz.: J.C. Clark, Clifford Stanley Sims, Walter A. Barrows, J.P. Burnett, Charles Ewan Merritt, Samuel B. Gale, Robert F. Coleman, Thomas J. Alcott, Samuel Carr, Henry C. Risdon, Washington W. Watts, A.B. Scattergood, James Smith, John K. Scattergood, and J. Fred. Laumaster. The following named comrades were the first officers of the post: Charles Ewan Merritt, C.; Clifford Stanley Sims, S.V.C., Washington W. Watts, J.V.C.; Thomas J. Alcott, Chap. John P. Burnett; Surg.; Walter A. Barrows, O.D.; Henry C. Risdon, Q.M.; H.C. Buckley, Adjt.; Samuel Carr, O.G. The Commander for 1881 was Walter A. Barrows. The regular meetings of the post are held in the post's hall, in Mirror building, Main Street, on the first and third Friday evenings of each month. The present Commander is Jacob Nock; Senior Vice-Commander, William Johnson; Junior Vice-Commander, Samuel Sapp; Quartermaster, Samuel Carr; Adjutant, John Throckmorton. Present membership, one hundred.
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Saint Andrews Graveyard
Mount Holly
Burlington County
New Jersey, USA |
Created by: Gregory Speciale
Record added: Apr 06, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 13872548 |
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Gen. Shiras was a graduate of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1833 (Cullum #726). Cullum's Register, online, has a good career summary.
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Bill Thayer (History of West Point)
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