SHACKELFORD, James Murrell
Affiliation:
Union
Born: July 7 1827, Lincoln Cty KY
Died: September 7 1909, Port Huron MI
Pre-War Profession: Mexican war, and lawyer
War Service: 1861 recruited 25th Kentucky - Col., Fort Donelson,
resigned March 1862, raised 8th Kentucky Cavalry - Col., March 1863
appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Geiger's Lake (w), pursued Morgan in his
Ohio raid, commanded a cavalry division at Cumberland Gap, commanded the
Cavalry Corps at Knoxville, resigned January 1864 Appomattox campaign,
Sayler's Creek.
Post War: Lawyer, judge.