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Lucian H. Sheppard

Residence Louisa County VA;
Enlisted on 3/26/1862 at Goochland, VA as a Private.
On 3/26/1862 he mustered into VA Bath Light Artillery
He died of disease as POW on 3/16/1864 at Louisville, KY
(Died of chronic diarrhea)
* POW 12/9/1863 Dandridge, TN (Left behind sick)
* Confined 1/10/1864 Camp Chase, OH
* Confined 2/4/1864 Louisville, KY
* Confined 2/11/1864 Rock Island, IL
* Confined 2/15/1864 Prison Hospital, Louisville, KY (Variola malignant)
Buried: Cave Hill National Cemetery, Louisville, KY
Gravesite: 57, Range 43
(Name also shown as Lucius N. Sheppard. Single, left
no effects.)

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

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