b. 30/08/1839 Fayette County, Pennsylvania. d. 16/01/1911 Granville, Ohio.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 16/08/1864 Deep Run, Virginia.
Shellenberger was born on 30 August 1839 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. His home of record was Perryopolis, Pennsylvania. Shellenberger enlisted in the Army as a corporal on 12 November 1861 at Perryopolis and was mustered into Company B of the 85th Pennsylvania Infantry. During a charge on Confederate positions in which his unit suffered heavy casualties, Shellenberger was able to capture a Confederate regimental flag and became one of the 3 soldiers in his unit to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
After the war, he worked as a farm laborer in Ohio.
MOH CITATION:
Capture of flag.
BURIAL LOCATION: WELSH HILLS CEMETERY, GRANVILLE, OHIO.
SECTION A, LOT 5.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
