Black Person Information
First Name:
Shelby
Last Name:
Bannon
Family Code:
82589
Color:
Black
Gender:
Male
County:
Lincoln
State Born in:
KY
Birth Year:
1817
Height:
67
Skin Color:
Black
Enslaver Information
First Owner Name:
Enslavement status unknown
First Owner Code:
W0000
First Owner State:
KS
First Owner County:
Lincoln
First Owner Year Transferred:
1862
Second Owner Name:
Freed upon joining U.S. Army
Second Owner Code:
Z1000
Military Service
Military Unit:
79th Infantry USCT Company E
Enlisted Year:
1862
Additional Information
Notes:
Enlisted at Mound City KS WIA 11/19/1862 at Island Mound MO GSW through right ilium , passing through the hip bone and coming out at the back. Another entered the right side, glancing off the 5th rib, also received a saber cut in the small of the back reaching the backbone, also a butt stroke above the right ear