Brigadier-General James Shields: Saint Mary's Cemetery, Carrollton, Missouri

Saint Mary’s Cemetery

Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri

GENERAL

JAMES SHIELDS

BORN IN COUNTY TYRONE, IRELAND

MAY 10, 1810

DIED IN OTTUMWA, IOWA

JUNE 1, 1879

SOLDIER

JURIST

STATESMAN

ERECTED BY THE UNITED STATES UNDER AN ACT

OF THE CONGRESS APPROVED MARCH 15, 1910.

[On The Right Side:]

CERRO GORDO

CHAPULTEPEC

[On The Back:]

UNITED STATES

SENATOR FROM

ILLINOIS

MINNESOTA

AND

MISSOURI

[On The Left Side:]

WINCHESTER

PORT REPUBLIC