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 Henry Muchmore Shaw - Shawboro NC Posted by:  Don.Morfe
N 36° 24.318 W 076° 05.598
18S E 401968 N 4029458
Civil War Confederate Army Officer, US Congressman. He was killed in action two years later while fighting to recover New Bern, North Carolina, from occupying Union forces.
Waymark Code: WM12V23
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/16/2020
Views: 1
From Wikipedia: Shaw was paroled and the North Carolina Eighth reorganized in the fall of 1862. Colonel Shaw took command once again leading forces in Charleston, Wilmington, and the trenches of Petersburg, Virginia.
On February 1, 1864, in the early morning hours, at Batchelder's Creek, while assembling on the road for the expedition to New Bern, he was shot from his horse. The bullet entered his cheek and traversed his head killing him instantly. His body was recovered and interred in the cemetery at Shawboro, North Carolina; the town of Shawboro was named in his honor.
Description:
From Find A Grave: Civil War Confederate Army Officer, US Congressman. He was elected represent North Carolina's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1853 to 1855 and from 1857 to 1859. When the Civil War broke out, he was appointed as Colonel and commander of the 8th North Carolina State Troops, whose training he oversaw. He led his command in its September 1861 occupation of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, and is minor operations against the small amount of Union troops in the area. His regiment performed mostly garrison duty on the Island, and was responsible for the construction of many of the defenses. When the 8th North Carolina was augmented by other Confederate troops, Colonel Shaw was placed in command of the Rebel forces on the island. In February 1862 a large expeditionary force under the command of General Ambrose Burnside invaded in the island, and drove out the woefully undermanned Confederate forces under Henry Shaw, who was captured. Eventually paroled and exchanged, he returned to his unit, and was killed in action two years later while fighting to recover New Bern, North Carolina, from occupying Union forces.
Date of birth: 11/20/1819
Date of death: 02/01/1864
Area of notoriety: Military
Marker Type: Horizontal Marker
Setting: Outdoor
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed
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