Valley of the Shadow

From Compiled Military Service Records at National Archives

Personal Information

Name: Daniel Keyser Shreckhise
Birthplace: Augusta Co.
Date of Birth: September 17, 1839
Physical Description: Height 5'9", eyes blue, hair fair, complexion fair
Prewar Life: 1860 Census, Farmhand, age 19, Burkes Mill District, Augusta Co.

Enlistment Records

Date of Enlistment: August 2, 1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
Age at Enlistment: --
Occupation at Enlistment: Farmer
Conscript Or Substitute: Conscript

Service Information

Rank: 3rd Sgt.
Company: G
Transfer Company: --
Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.

Military Service Record

Promotions: --
Transfers and Other Services: Enl. 08-02-1861 Co.; Enl. Co. L 5th Va. inf. 00-00-1861 (disbanded); conscripted and assigned to Co. G 62nd Va. inf. 02-12-1864
Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 04-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; absent wounded through 08-31-1862; absent wounded through 10-31-1864; present 12-31-1864
Captured: --
Missing in Action: --
Prison: --
AWOL (Absent without Leave): --
Deserted: --
Discharge: --
Paroled: --
Notes: --

Casualty Information

Killed in Action: --
Wounded in Action: June 8, 1862; Cross Keys, breast Winchester, thigh 07-25-1864
Died of Disease: --
Died of Wounds: --
Hospital: --

Other Information

Personal Life: --
Postwar Life: Farmer and Stockraiser, Mt. Sidney 1885
Date of Death: August 1, 1908
Place of Death: Mt. Sidney
Burial Place: Melancthon Chapel Cemetery
Cause Of Death: --
Epitaph: --
Dwelling # (1860 Census): 1175
Family # (1860 Census): 1180