16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry - Soldiers Profile for Pvt. Peter Shelly

16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Soldier's Profile
Peter Shelby (Shelly)
Private, Company "I"

Personal

birthdate: 1843 place: Ashland County, Ohio

father: birthdate: . place: .

mother: birthdate: . place: .

pre-war occupation: place: .

post-war occupation: place:

married: to: Lucy J. Weltmer place: .

child: birthdate: .

died: November 14, 1907 place: at home, near Ashland, Ohio cause of death: sudden illness

Military Career

entered 3-year service: August 11, 1862 private Company I

captured: December 28, 1862 place: Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi

paroled: December 31, 1862 private Company I

held as prisoner: December 28, 1862 to January 22, 1863 place: Vicksburg, Mississippi

held as prisoner: January 22, 1863 to March 13, 1863 place: Jackson, Mississippi

transferred: October 5, 1864 private 114th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

injured: broken collar bone unloading supplies place: DeCreaux Point, Matagordo, Texas

discharged: July 31, 1865 place: Andrews Post, Houston, Texas

Additional Details

* Details and images, below, provided by Jon Fackler, great-great grandson of Private Shelly

25 page journal of Pvt. Peter Shelly

Parole Document issued to Peter Shelly shortly after capture at Battle of Chickasaw Bayou.

Although date of parole as shown on the document is December 31, 1862, Peter Shelly was not actually released until March 13, 1863 or later. Typically, paroled soldiers were transported to Camp Parole, Maryland, and then transported home before rejoining their units. It is not known if Peter Shelly followed this same course.

Note name is spelled "Shelly" but seems to be signed by soldier as "Shelby".

Newspaper obituary for Peter Shelly from Ashland Times-Gazette published in the The Mansfield News, November 16, 1907.

Gravestone of Peter Shelly and wife located in Maple Grove Cemetery, Ashland County, Ohio.

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Personal
birthdate:	1843	place:	Ashland County, Ohio
father:		birthdate:	.	place:	.
mother:		birthdate:	.	place:	.
pre-war occupation:		place:	.
post-war occupation:		place:
married:		to:	Lucy J. Weltmer	place:	.
child:		birthdate:		.
died:	November 14, 1907	place:	at home, near Ashland, Ohio	cause of death:	sudden illness
Military Career
entered 3-year service:	August 11, 1862	private	Company I
captured:	December 28, 1862	place:	Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi
paroled:	December 31, 1862	private	Company I
held as prisoner:	December 28, 1862 to January 22, 1863	place:	Vicksburg, Mississippi
held as prisoner:	January 22, 1863 to March 13, 1863	place:	Jackson, Mississippi
transferred:	October 5, 1864	private	114th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
injured:	broken collar bone unloading supplies	place:	DeCreaux Point, Matagordo, Texas
discharged:	July 31, 1865	place:	Andrews Post, Houston, Texas

		Parole Document issued to Peter Shelly shortly after capture at Battle of Chickasaw Bayou. Although date of parole as shown on the document is December 31, 1862, Peter Shelly was not actually released until March 13, 1863 or later. Typically, paroled soldiers were transported to Camp Parole, Maryland, and then transported home before rejoining their units. It is not known if Peter Shelly followed this same course. Note name is spelled "Shelly" but seems to be signed by soldier as "Shelby".

		Newspaper obituary for Peter Shelly from Ashland Times-Gazette published in the The Mansfield News, November 16, 1907.

		Gravestone of Peter Shelly and wife located in Maple Grove Cemetery, Ashland County, Ohio.