The Shutts Family in the Civil War
LEWIS EBENEZER SHUTTS
LEWIS EBENEZER SHUTTS
COMPANY G THIRTEENTH INFANTRY
b. 19 Oct 1847 Potter Co., PA
d. 11 Oct 1929 Benton Co., IA
m. 5 Apr 1876 Benton Co., IA
Anna Katherine (Kate) SMITH
Children: James Edwin, Mabel Ellinor, Ray and Myrtle O.
Born Ebenezer Lewis Shutts, he left Potter County, Pennsylvania with his parents and siblings in 1858. Lewis was enlisted, at age sixteen, by Capt. Matthews at Vinton, Iowa on the twenty-fifth day of December 1863. His three years service was to be with Company G, Thirteenth Iowa Infantry Volunteers. While a member of the "Famous Crocker's Brigade" and following Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, he received several gun shot wounds 25 August 1864 at Kennesaw Mountain, spent time in the hospital at Marietta, GA and at Crittenden Hospital, Louisville, KY and was awarded an Honorable Discharge 4 July 1865. Disability was listed at 50%.
View the 13th Infantry Regimental Service Record.
Lewis is the GGGrandfather of my husband.
JAMES H. SHUTTS
1st Lieutenant, Company G, 13th Iowa Infantry Volunteers
b. abt 1823 New York
d. unknown
m. Jane E. _____
This uncle was a county treasurer in Benton prior to moving to Lawson, MO.
HENRY MORGAN SHUTTS
Company E, 1st Regiment of the Engineers New York
b. 23 Mar 1825
d. unknown
m. 4 Oct 1846 Maryland, Otsego Co., NY
Sara Jane Webster
b. 19 Jun 1830
d. 27 Apr 1918
Children: Annette Betsey, Myron W., Nile Webster, Simon Boliver, Florence Eliza, Hattie, Jennie May, Hervey James, and Minnie
Henry is another uncle of Ebenezer Lewis Shutts.
Catlin & LaRue Relatives in the Civil War from Benton County, Iowa
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