Pvt. Peter Shelly

Personal
born:	September, 1843	place:	Ashland County, Ohio
father:	Michael Shelly	born:	June 30, 1811	place:	Shelly Island, Pennsylvania	died:	May 13, 1891	place:	Wayne County, Ohio
mother:	Elizabeth Houser	born:	1815	place:	Pennsylvania	died:	1890	place:	Wayne County, Ohio
pre-war occupation:		place:		post-war occupation:		place:
married:	April 21, 1868	to:	Lucy J. Weltmer	place:
wife born:	May 7, 1847	place:	Wayne County, Ohio	died:	January 13, 1923	place:	Montgomery, Ohio
child:	Washington Irving	born:	July 14, 1869	place:	Wayne County, Ohio	died:	January 4, 1951	place:	Montgomery, Ohio
died:	November 14, 1907	place:	at home, near Ashland, Ohio	cause of death:	"sudden illness"
burial:	Maple Grove	place:	Ashland County, Ohio

Military Career
3-year service:	August 11, 1862	Private	Company I	place:
captured:	December 28, 1862	Private	Company I	place:	Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi
paroled:	December 31, 1862	Private	Company I	place:	Vicksburg, Mississippi
imprisoned:	January 22, 1863 to March 13, 1863	Private	Company I	place:	Jackson, Mississippi
exchanged:		Private	Company I	place:
transferred:	October 5, 1864	Private	Company C, 114th OVI	place:
injured:			broken collar bone unloading supplies	place:	Decros Point, Matagorda, Texas
discharged:	July 31, 1865			place:	Andrews Post, Houston, Texas

Additional Details

Details and images, below, provided by Jon Fackler, great-great grandson of Private Shelly

25 page journal of Pvt. Peter Shelly

Parole Document issued by the Confederate Army to Peter Shelly shortly after his capture at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou.

Although the date of parole as shown on the document is December 31, 1862, Peter Shelly was not actually released until March 13, 1863 or later. Frequently, captured soldiers were paroled soon after capture. Eventually they were returned to the opposing force. The opposing force, in this case the United States, typically transported the paroled soldiers to Camp Parole, Maryland, and then transported them home before rejoining their units. By agreement between the North and South, paroled soldiers were not allowed to participate in any military activities until the were officially exchanged, that is, traded for a soldier from other side. Peter Shelly followed this same path.

Newspaper obituary for Peter Shelly from Ashland Times-Gazette published in the The Mansfield News, November 16, 1907.

Gravestone of Peter Shelly and wife located in Maple Grove Cemetery, Ashland County, Ohio.