Jonathon Shuff (1842-1863)

F3 Jonathon Shuff, born November 11, 1842 Sycamore Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, died May 23, 1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Jonathan enlisted as a private in Company E, 83rd Regiment, Ohio Infantry during the War Between the States. His remains were brought back to Ohio and buried in Shuff-Myers Cemetery in Sharonville, Ohio.

The 83rd Regiment was organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, August and September, 1862. Moved to Covington September 3, 1862, to repel Kirby Smith's threatened attack on Cincinnati, Ohio. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Gulf, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to December, 1864. Post of Natchez, Miss., District of Vicksburg, Miss., to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Army Corps (New), to July, 1865.

SERVICE.-Expedition to Cynthiana, KY, September 18, 1862. Moved to Camp Shaler September 25, thence to Paris, KY, October 15. To Louisville, KY., October 28, and to Memphis, TN, November 23. Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Expedition from Milliken's Bend to Dallas Station and Delhi, December 25-26. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28. Chickasaw Bluff December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, AR, January 3-10, 1863. Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point, LA, January 15, and duty there till March 10. Expedition to Greenville, MS, and Cypress Bend, AR, February 14-26. Deer Creek near Greenville February 23. At Milliken's Bend, LA, till April 15. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black River May 17. Siege of Vicksburg, MS, May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22.

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