Military: CWR: Shoemaker, Dias of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Shoemaker, Dias

* Private Co. G 148th Regiment Pa. Infantry 
* Died July 10, 1864 at Andersonville Prison of disease 
* Starved in prison 
* Drafted Sept. 1, 1863 at age 25 
* Mustered in Sept. 1, 1863 as Private in Chambersburg, Pa. 
* Captured May 12, 1864 at Spotsylvania, Va.

SOURCE:
* Soldiers Monument, Somerset Courthouse, Somerset, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Meyersdale Republican Dec. 24, 1903 
* Veterans Card File [Lists death as from Diarrhea] 
* Muster Roster Co. G