People named Harvey Shannon

Dr. Shannon earned his medical degree from the University of Atlanta, and prior to the War Between the States practiced in Georgia, Holley Springs, MS, and Vicksburg, MS. He moved to Vicksburg in 1855 and continued practicing medicine except during the Civil War. At the outbreak of the war in 1861, Harvey assisted in the formation of an artillery company in Vicksburg known as Swett's Battery of the Warren Light Artillery. He was the senior first lieutenant, and after Captain Swett was assigned to staff duty, Harvey was promoted to captain and assigned command of the battery. With this unit, he saw action in April 1862 at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, at Corinth, Mississippi in May 1862, and in the Kentucky campaign later that year. His battery became part of the fabled Confederate Army of Tennessee and was involved in many struggles. Harvey was severely wounded in the Battle of Missionary in November 1863, by an iron ball from a twenty pound shell, which broke his collar bone passed down into his lung, and exited near his backbone below the shoulder. After several months of recovery, he returned to action and was wounded again in the Battle of Peachtree Creek during the Atlanta Campaign, when his arm was shattered. Harvey was repeatedly commended by his superior officers for his personal gallantry, and for the skill he demonstrated in deploying and fighting his battery. Harvey fought with the rebel Army until the final surrender of the Army of Tennessee led by General Joseph E. Johnston at Greensboro, NC, 26 April 1865. He was the commanding officer of Swett's Artillery. Returning to Mississippi following the war, Harvey aided in the struggle against the corrupt "Carpetbag" government in Vicksburg. After the war he married Lucy Vick Irwin the granddaughter of Rev. Newet Vick, founder of Vicksburg, MS. Harvey had become known as an authority on the deadly yellow fever pestilence, and in 1883 as a representative of the state board of health, he was successful in preventing the spread of an outbreak of that dreaded disease. In 1897, during a yellow fever epidemic on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, he served as a lieutenant in the United States Marine Hospital Service in charge of its Detention and Clearing Camp at Fontainebleau, Mississippi. Dr. Shannon continued to practice until ill health forced his retirement. He then moved his wife, two daughters and two sons, to a country place he called Shannondale, near Ocean Springs, Miss. During school terms he took his family to Nashville, Tennessee in order that his children could attend excellent schools. (In those days Nashville was known as the Athens of the South because of its fine schools). A portrait of Dr. Shannon painted in 1840 by Thomas Heay of Port Gibson, together with one of his sisters-in-law, Alice Irvin, who died at a very young age, now hang in the Old Courthouse Museum in Vicksburg, together with other Shannon and Vick memorabilia. The portraits were donated by his daughter Alice Shannon Warwick, and presented by his son Irwin Vick Shannon, Sr. of New Orleans, and Anne Warwick Haynes, a granddaughter. Dr. Shannon died at the home of his daughter, Alice Shannon Warwick in Nashville, TN in 1906.

Harvey Milton Shannon was born on March 20, 1914, and died at age 59 years old on May 23, 1973. Harvey Shannon was buried at Willamette National Cemetery Section M Site 2716 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Harvey Milton Shannon.

Harvey G Shannon of Jefferson County, TX was born circa 1942. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Harvey G. Shannon.

Harvey Shannon of Gilroy, Santa Clara County, California was born on October 3, 1893, and died at age 88 years old in January 1982.

Harvey Shannon of Nashua, Chickasaw County, Iowa was born on October 17, 1897, and died at age 76 years old in April 1974.

Harvey Shannon of Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri was born on November 27, 1907, and died at age 60 years old in May 1968.

Harvey Shannon of Missouri was born on July 2, 1893, and died at age 70 years old in March 1964.

Harvey L Shannon was born on May 4, 1920, and died at age 71 years old on May 1, 1992. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Harvey L Shannon.

Harvey Shannon of Kermit, Winkler County, Texas was born on November 13, 1903, and died at age 70 years old in December 1973.

Harvey Shannon of Bowie, Montague County, Texas was born on November 11, 1906, and died at age 62 years old in July 1969.

Harvey Shannon of Greenbrier, Robertson County, Tennessee was born on April 12, 1891, and died at age 87 years old in October 1978.

Harvey Shannon of Davison, Genesee County, Michigan was born on February 25, 1919, and died at age 62 years old in April 1981.

Harvey Shannon of Pennsylvania was born on February 2, 1879, and died at age 86 years old in April 1965.

Harvey L Shannon was born on March 13, 1917, and died at age 73 years old on August 27, 1990. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Harvey L Shannon.

Harvey Shannon of Lakewood, Ocean County, NJ was born on January 29, 1894, and died at age 85 years old in May 1979.