COL Shatswell, Nathaniel

Nathaniel Shatswell​

Born: November 26, 1834

Birthplace: Ipswich, Massachusetts

Father: John Shatswell 1803 – 1873

(Buried: Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Massachusetts)​

Mother: Annis Lord 1802 – 1872

(Buried: Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Massachusetts)​

Wife: Mary White Stone 1835 – 1898

(Buried: Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Massachusetts)​

Married: June 15, 1861 in Ipswich, Massachusetts

Children:

Fannie White Shatswell Ober 1869 – 1930​

(Buried: Central Cemetery, Beverly, Massachusetts)​

Education:

Attended Pudding Street School in Ipswich, Massachusetts​

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Attended Ipswich Latin Grammar School​

Occupation before War:

Worked for a Planning Mill in Boston, Massachusetts

Civil War Career:

1861: One of the First to sign up for the Union Army in Ipswich.​

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Instrumental in forming companies in Ipswich Massachusetts​

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1861: 1st​ Lt. in 14th​ Massachusetts Infantry Regiment​

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1861 – 1862: Captain of 14th​ Massachusetts Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Promoted to the rank of Major in the Union Army​

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1862: The 14th​ Massachusetts Infantry became 1st​ Massachusetts Heavy Artillery.​

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1862 – 1864: Served in Guard duty as United States Capitol in D.C.​

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1864: Served in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia​

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1864: Struck in the head by a minie ball at Battle of Spotsylvania.​

1864: Served in the Battle of North Anna, Virginia​

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1864: Served in the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia​

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1864: Led the 1st​ Massachusetts Heavy Artillery in night attack at Petersburg.​

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1865: Developed chronic rheumatism from a severe cold he got during the Battle of Weldon Railroad.​

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1865: Went on leave for Sixty days and recuperated in Ipswich.​

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1865: Promoted to the rank of Brevet Lt. Colonel​

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1865: Present at the Surrender of Lee's Army at Appomattox, Virginia.​

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1865: Promoted to the rank of full Colonel before mustering out.​

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1865: Mustered out of the Union Army on August 16th​.

Occupation after War:

Farmer in Ipswich, Massachusetts​

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Owner of Tillage on Green's Point and Salt march with peat land around Plum Island.​

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1869: Accepted a position as assistant to Dr. Hurd Superintendent of County House and Asylum​

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1869 – 1890: Assistant to Superintendent County House and Asylum.​

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Member of Board of Selectmen for Ipswich, Massachusetts​

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1896: Supporter and Campaigner for William McKinley​

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1900: Supporter and Campaigner for William McKinley​

Died: December 14, 1905

Place of Death: Ipswich, Massachusetts

Cause of Death: Heart Failure

Age at time of Death: 71 years old

Burial Place: Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Massachusetts

 

[JeffFromSyracuse]

Would have been ironic if he had died of dysentary...

 

[Luke Freet]

One heck of a name.

 

[29thWisCoG]

Hall of fame name, with all due respect to the Lt. Col.

 

[7thWisconsin]

One could say Col. Shatswell was just doing his doody.

 

[Pollaco]

One heck of a name.

His original colonel of the 14th Massachuesetts had an equally "good" name, Col. Gamaliel Bradford.

 

[7thWisconsin]

His original colonel of the 14th Massachuesetts had an equally "good" name, Col. Gamaliel Bradford.

I think I´m shirt-tail relative to him on my Mom´s side.