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Levi Schiffler Shafer

Civil War (Union) · US Army · Staff Sergeant

Rank: Staff Sergeant
United States of America

Source Documents

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Events
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First Shot Marker at Gettysburg.jpgFirst Shot Marker at Gettysburg.jpg
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Image3/04/2014
Rear-First Shot Marker at Gettysburg.jpgRear-First Shot Marker at Gettysburg.jpg
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West Side First Shot Marker at Gettysburg.jpgWest Side First Shot Marker at Gettysburg.jpg
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East-First Shot Marker at Gettysburg.jpgEast-First Shot Marker at Gettysburg.jpg
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Levi Schiffler Shafer.jpgLevi Schiffler Shafer.jpg
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8th Illinois Cavalry.jpg8th Illinois Cavalry.jpg
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Levi Obit.jpgLevi Obit.jpg
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Image3/04/2014
Battle of Gettysburg.gifBattle of Gettysburg.gif
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Image28/03/2014
Battle of Gettysburg.jpgBattle of Gettysburg.jpg
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Alexander RiddlerAlexander Riddler
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Memorial19/10/2013
8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
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Memorial9/06/2013
David D DiffenbaughDavid D Diffenbaugh
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Memorial17/10/2013
Marcellus E JonesMarcellus E Jones
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Memorial18/10/2013
John Franklin FarnsworthJohn Franklin Farnsworth
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Memorial2/04/2014
John Lourie BeveridgeJohn Lourie Beveridge
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Memorial2/04/2014
Battle of GettysburgBattle of Gettysburg
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Memorial9/09/2008

Source URLs

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http://www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/Other/Firstshot.php
8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
5th Alabama Battalion
13th Alabama Regiment
13th Alabama Infantry
photos of the monument
map to its location
17th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Sixth
Ninth New York Cavalry
9th New York
9th New York Cavalry
bronze relief of a cavalry scout entitled, "Discovering the enemy, 
http://www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/NY/9NYCav.php
8th Illinois
9th New York's inscriptions
Ninth New York
8th Illinois Cavalry
8th Illinois Cavalry monument
8th New York Cavalry monument 
http://www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/IL/8IlCav.php
map
8th Illinois Cavalry 
8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment 
 ignited a controversy that raged for years