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Zion Rest
Cemetery
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
RESTING PLACE OF A UNITED STATES COLORED CIVIL WAR VETERAN
Submitted by
Isabelle Woods
| SHELVOR "SHELBY" JOHNSON | Company B Company B |
Powell's Regiment 48th United States Colored Infantry Regiment |
| SHELVOR "SHELBY"
JOHNSON (b
1 April 1845,
Franklin County, Mississippi; d June 21, 1925, Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, Louisiana) enlisted as a Private in Company "B" of Powell's
Regiment then was transferred as a Sergeant to Company "B" of the 48th
Regiment of the United States Colored Infantry. He served from
April 1, 1864 to January 4, 1866 when he mustered out as a Sergeant
in
Carrollton, Louisiana. His is buried at the Zion Rest Cemetery,
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. On unknown date in
New Orleans, Louisiana, he married Amelia Brown; they had no
children. As information, my article on Sgt. Johnson appeared in "The Genie," Volume 40, No. 3, Third Quarter 2006. Isabelle Woods |
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