Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

Benjamin Shirk

BranchArmy
RankPrivate
Conflict / EraCivil War
Years of Service07/07/1865
Date of Birth08/31/1839
Date of Death03/01/1866
HometownUnion, OH
Burial LocationUnion Twp: Milford Center
Monument PaverNo
SourceBeers, Record 501, (533); American Civil War Research Database; Civil War Soldiers System; Union Co. Cem. Rec., Vol. 7, p. 83

School: UNKNOWN. captured as POW while foraging; exchanged 3/15/1864; mustered out 7/7/1865 at Mobile, AL; widow, Brittania Shirk, Milford Center

Printed from the UCVRC Veterans Database · Courthouse Veterans Monument