Augustus enlisted as a Pvt 26 Sep 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lt. 25 Oct 1861. Appointed Acting Adjutant 2 May 1862. Transferred to Capt. Hanleiter's Company Ga. Light Artillery (Jo Thompson Artillery,) 10 Jun 1862. Elected 1st Lt. 8 Nov 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. 26 Apr 1865. Augustus Shaw accompanied the 38th Ga. Regiment to Virginia to serve as the Adjutant of the regiment. He was captured while serving as 38th Ga. Regiment Adjutant during the Battle of Gaines Mill, 27 Jun 1862. He was exchanged and returned to the 38th Ga., at least for a brief period, before returning to re-join Capt. Hanleiter's Artillery Company. Many sources mention his capture during this battle, including northern newspapers, northern memoirs, and memoirs of members of the 38th Ga. TTR Born in Ga. about 1836, bookkeeper, living in Atlanta, Ga, Fulton Co., with five siblings in 1860. 1860 US Census for Atlanta, Ward #4, Fulton Co. Ga. Living in Atlanta in 1900, born in Ga. in Aug. 1834. Married to Flora Trout, in 1872, 3 children at home, two grown females and one 11 year old son, Augustus Shaw Jr. Augustus died 5 Nov 1905 in Georgia.
Augustus enlisted as a Pvt 26 Sep 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lt. 25 Oct 1861. Appointed Acting Adjutant 2 May 1862. Transferred to Capt. Hanleiter's Company Ga. Light Artillery (Jo Thompson Artillery,) 10 Jun 1862. Elected 1st Lt. 8 Nov 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. 26 Apr 1865. Augustus Shaw accompanied the 38th Ga. Regiment to Virginia to serve as the Adjutant of the regiment. He was captured while serving as 38th Ga. Regiment Adjutant during the Battle of Gaines Mill, 27 Jun 1862. He was exchanged and returned to the 38th Ga., at least for a brief period, before returning to re-join Capt. Hanleiter's Artillery Company. Many sources mention his capture during this battle, including northern newspapers, northern memoirs, and memoirs of members of the 38th Ga. TTR Born in Ga. about 1836, bookkeeper, living in Atlanta, Ga, Fulton Co., with five siblings in 1860. 1860 US Census for Atlanta, Ward #4, Fulton Co. Ga. Living in Atlanta in 1900, born in Ga. in Aug. 1834. Married to Flora Trout, in 1872, 3 children at home, two grown females and one 11 year old son, Augustus Shaw Jr. Augustus died 5 Nov 1905 in Georgia.
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