b. 14/08/1843 Preston County, West Virginia. d. 17/11/1919 Satsop, Washington.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 06/04/1865 Deatonsville (Sailor’s Creek), Virginia.
Emisire Shahan MOH
Shahan was born on 14 August 1843 in Preston County, West Virginia to parents Samuel Shahan and Rebecca Wolfe. He was one of 3 siblings and 3 half-siblings fathered by Samuel Shahan. He married Rebecca Miller (1846-1886) in 1864 and Melvina H. Knight (1850-1929) in 1894, fathering a total of 9 children with Miller.
Shahan enlisted in the Army as a corporal on 1 July 1861 in Clarksburg, West Virginia and was mustered in to Company A of the 1st West Virginia Cavalry. On 6 May 1865, at the Battle of Sailor’s Creek in Virginia, Shahan captured the flag of the Confederate 76th Georgia Infantry.
MOH CITATION:
Capture of flag of 76th Georgia Infantry (C.S.A.).
BURIAL LOCATION: MASONIC CEMETERY, ELMA, WASHINGTON.
BLOCK 134, LOT 4.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
