(CSA), William Henry Sheild, Jr.

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Father: William Henry Shield, M.D. (1807-1882) Mother: Anna Byrd Corbin (1809-1847) 02/00/1847 - Mother, Anna, died in York Co., VA (buried: Moore House Cemetery, Yorktown, York Co., VA) 07/24/1850 - Lived, York Co., VA (lived with his father, father's 2nd wife, Susan A. and sibs - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Wm. H. Sheild, Jr.) 1856 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Medical Department, Philadelphia, PA (from: Virginia; thesis: "Bright's Disease") 06/12/1860 - Practiced medicine with his father, Gloucester Co., VA (lived with his father and sibs - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as Wm. H. Sheild, Jr.) 06/01/1861 - Mustered in as Pvt., Capt. J. B. Cosnahan's Co., of Artillery (Peninsula Artillery), Virginia Volunteers [this unit subsequently became (1st) Co. I, 32nd VA Infantry], Williamsburg, VA 07/01/1861-07/25/1861 - "Acting as Asst. Surgeon". 32 VA Infantry (25 cents/per day extra duty pay) 07/31/1861 - Pvt., (1st) Co. I, 32nd VA Infantry 08/01/1861 - Detailed as Head Nurse and Ward Master, Seminary Hospital [Williamsburg, Virginia] and ordered to report to Dr. Archibald M. Nesbitt, Post Surgeon 08/02/1861 - Detailed as apothecary at Hospital, Williamsburg, VA 11/24/1861 - Ward Master, Seminary Hospital, Williamsburg, VA - on detail from Randolph's Artillery Regiment 03/19/1862 - Stationed, Gloucester Point, VA 05/17/1862 - Ordered to report to Gen. J. E. Johnston for duty with Gen. D. H. Hill (S.O. 113/3) 08/16/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 05/15/1862 09/26/1862 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate 10/00/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 32nd VA Infantry 12/00/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 32nd VA Infantry 01/08/1863 - Assigned to the 32nd VA Infantry as Asst. Surgeon 02/16/1863 - In a letter from the President of the Army Medical Board, Army of Northern Virginia, "Sir: You are hereby informed that the Army Medical Board before which you appeared for examination have made a report Favorable in your case . . . Report in person to Surg. Guild, Med. Dir. A.N.V." 02/16/1863 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States to rank from 02/16/1863 05/01/1863 - Surgeon, 32nd VA Infantry 06/01/1863 - Surgeon, 32nd VA Infantry 07/15/1863 - "This is to certify that [I] have carefully examined John R. Patrick, Co. A, 32nd Va Inf and find that he has been suffering from Neuralgic Rheumatism for the last twelve months - which is much aggravated by exposure in the field & therefore [I] recommend that he be detailed on some duty which would better suit his constitution. Petersburg [Virginia], July 15th/63, Wm. H. Sheild, Surg 32nd. Va Reg" 01/00/1864 - Surgeon, 32nd VA Infantry, Chaffin's Farm, VA 01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate 03/01/1864 - Surgeon, 32nd VA Infantry, Chaffin's Farm, VA 04/11/1864 - Member, Confederate Army Medical Examining Board 09/13/1864 - Surgeon, 32nd VA Infantry, Pickett's Division 02/06/1865 - Surgeon, 32nd VA Infantry 04/09/1865 - Senior Surgeon, Gen. M. D. Corse's Brigade 04/09/1865 - As Surgeon, 32nd VA Infantry, Gen. G. E. Pickett's Division, paroled by the U.S. Army, Appomattox C. H., VA 08/08/1870 - Practiced medicine, Nelson Township, York Co., VA (lived with sibs - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as "William H. Shield") 06/18/1880 - Practiced medicine, Nelson Township, York Co., VA (lived alone - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as "William H. Shield") 04/16/1882 - Father, William, died in ?Yorktown, York Co., VA (buried: Moore House Cemetery, Yorktown, York Co., VA) 1886 - Practiced medicine, Yorktown, York Co. VA (indexed in Polk's Medical and Surgical Directory of the United States as "W. H. Shields") 1888 - Practiced medicine, Yorktown, York Co., VA (indexed in Chataigne's Virginia Gazetteer and Classified Business Directory as "W. H. Shield") 1890 - Practiced medicine, Yorktown, York Co. VA (indexed in Polk's Medical and Surgical Directory of the United States as "W. H. Shields") ~1893 - Asst. Superintendent, Eastern Lunatic Asylum, Williamsburg, VA 10/22/1894 - Died, Williamsburg, VA (buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Williamsburg, VA)

Note: Dr. William Henry Sheild, Jr. did not marry.

This biographical sketch is from: Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical register of physicians who served the Confederacy in a medical capacity. 04/25/2017. Unpublished database.