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Jacob Shade, 50th Pennsylvania — Killed at Battle of Peebles Farm
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Jacob Shade, 50th Pennsylvania — Killed at Battle of Peebles Farm
Private Jacob Shade joined the United States Army in February 1864 in his native Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania as the Civil War entered its bloodiest year. Private Jacob Shade (Gratz Civil War Project) The 30-year-old laborer from Tremont joined Company A, 50th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry at a time when sizable bounties and sign-on bonuses made joining the army into an attractive option for the working class of Pennsylvania’s Coal Region.…
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