Illinois Civil War Muster and
Descriptive Rolls Database (Illinois State Archives):
Shaw, Nicholas H.
- Pvt - Co K - 45 IL US INF
Residence, Joliet, Will Co, IL;
Join, 08Dec1861; Age, 22; Born, NY
Height, 5' 5-3/4"; Hair, brown;
Eyes, brown; Complexion, light; Single; Brick Maker
Died of wounds 19Apr1862 at St.
Louis MO
American Civil War Soldiers (ancestry.com)
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System Search Detail
(National Park Service):
Honor Roll of State of Illinois, Illinois Veteran's Commission, Oct 1,
1956:
Shaw, N. H. - Pvt - Co K - 45
IL INF
Died, 19Apr1862; Buried, Oakwood Cemetery,
Joliet, IL, Section C
National Graves Registration Database (Sons of Union
Veterans of the Civil War):
Will County Illinois USGenWeb
Necrologist Reports (© 2002
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Headstone Reading,
Published Obituaries:
Additional Biographical Material:
Nicholas Shaw,
son of James Shaw,
belonging to the 45th Ill., who was taken
with other wounded at Shiloh to St. Louis,
and who died there from his wounds, April 19th,
was brought home
from that place by his father, and the body deposited in Oakwood.
Source: Woodruff,
George
H., Fifteen Years Ago: or the
Patriotism of Will County , page 41
From
Ancestry.com - Government provided headstones:
Shaw,
Nicholas H.
Pvt. Co K Regt. 45 H. Inf.
Cemetery - Oak Wood
City or town - Joliet
County and State - Will, Ill.
Grave ___
Died April 19, 1862
Headstone supplied by D.W. Whitney
Contract dated - Nov. 29, 1879