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Pvt Shadrick Crain

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Pvt Shadrick Crain

Birth
Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Death
23 May 1864 (aged 17)
Tennessee City, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Tennessee City, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Shadrick Crain was the son of Andrew Jackson Crain and Narcissa Dill Crain. He was their first born son. He had hazel eyes, light colored hair, fair complexion, and was 5'7" tall.

On March 30, 1864, he volunteered at Madisonville, Tennessee, signed by Lt. J. B. Lope.

On April 1,1864, Shadrick enlisted as a Private in the 12th Calvery Regiment, Company K Tennessee Calvary.

He died at Camp Gillem, May 23, 1864 at the Regiment Hospital of Smallpox.

Camp Gillem - This Union camp and surrounding fortifications was established to protect a locomotive yard and long trestle on the military railroad near here. Soldiers from Camp Gillem patrolled the area seeking Confederate guerrillas who sought to disrupt railroad activities.



Shadrick Crain was the son of Andrew Jackson Crain and Narcissa Dill Crain. He was their first born son. He had hazel eyes, light colored hair, fair complexion, and was 5'7" tall.

On March 30, 1864, he volunteered at Madisonville, Tennessee, signed by Lt. J. B. Lope.

On April 1,1864, Shadrick enlisted as a Private in the 12th Calvery Regiment, Company K Tennessee Calvary.

He died at Camp Gillem, May 23, 1864 at the Regiment Hospital of Smallpox.

Camp Gillem - This Union camp and surrounding fortifications was established to protect a locomotive yard and long trestle on the military railroad near here. Soldiers from Camp Gillem patrolled the area seeking Confederate guerrillas who sought to disrupt railroad activities.





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