John Sharum & Maria Kelty

Children of John Sharum and Maria Kelty

John Sharum

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Sharum, John

Daviess County, 48, 5-9, Farmer

Wounded at Front Royal Virginia 5-23-62--gunshot right side.
POW at Buckton Station. Parolled Aikens Landing Virginia 9-13-62.
Hospital Baltimore Maryland; Returned to regiment 10-62. Transferred to
Veteran's Reserve Corps 8-64 after sick in United States Army General
Hospital Frederick Maryland, United States Army General Hospital McKim's
Mansion, Jarvis United States Army General Hospital & United States Army
Convalescent Hospital Patterson Park Baltimore Maryland since 12-10-62.
Buried Daviess County Indiana St Peters Cemetery


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John Sharum
Residence: Daviess County, Indiana Occupation:
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Private on 12 September 1861
Enlisted in Company B, 27th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 12 September
1861.

John Sharum
Residence: Loogootee, Indiana Occupation:
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Private on 07 October 1864
Enlisted in Company D, 22nd Infantry Regiment Indiana on 07 October 1864.
Mustered out Company D, 22nd Infantry Regiment Indiana on 24 July 1865 in
Washington, DC
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27th Regiment Indiana Infantry
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in September 12, 1861. Left
State for Washington, D. C., September 15. Attached to Stile's Brigade,
Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st
Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, to April, 1862, and Dept. of the
Shenandoah to June, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Army of
Virginia, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to
April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland, to November, 1864.

SERVICE.--Operations in District of Upper Potomac and camp at Frederick
City, Md., till March, 1862. Movement into the Shenandoah Valley, Val,
and occupation of Winchester, Va., March 3-9. Smithfield March 13.
Advance toward Manassas March 23-25. Pursuit of Jackson up the Shenandoah
Valley. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley May 15-June 17. Buckton
Station, Middletown and Front Royal May 23. Newtown May 24. Battle of
Winchester May 25. Retreat to Williamsport, Md., May 25-26. Duty at Front
Royal till July 6, and at Little Washington till August 6. Battle of
Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August
16-September 2. Guard trains of the army during battles of Bull Run
August 28-30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam
September 16-17. Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va. Picket duty from
Harper's Ferry to Opequan Creek and duty at Fairfax Station and Stafford
Court House till December. March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-16.
Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Stafford
Court House till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
Germania Ford April 29. Battle of Chancellorsville May 2-5. Gettysburg,
Pa., Campaign, June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of
Lee, to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. On detached duty in New York during
draft disturbances August 15-September 5. Movement to Bridgeport, Ala.,
September 24-October 3. Guarding Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad at
Elkwater Bridge and Tullahoma Tenn., till April, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.)
Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May
8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19. New Hope Church
May 25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about
Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills, May 25-June 5. Operations
about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill
June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15.
Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on
Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4.
Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of
Atlanta July 25-August 25. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge
August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 4.
Mustered out November 4, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 70th
Indiana Infantry.

Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 159 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 131 Enlisted men by disease. Total
302.

Maria Kelty

Elizabeth Sharum

William Sharum

Elizabeth Sharum