William Shipman
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, Monday, 21
July 1862, page 2
W H Shipman, of Newport Ky. killed on the afternoon of the 17th at the Battle of Cynthiana. The deceased had been a member of the 23d Ky. Regiment and had received an honorable discharge. At the call of the State for immediate aid to repel Morgan's band of guerrillas, he was one of the first to volunteer and left this city on Sunday afternoon, 13th inst. His company being a detached company, it was ordered to stop at Cynthiana, at which place he fell while gallantly fighting a superior force. The authorities of Newport have a sent a committee of citizens to bring home the dead. Due notice will be given of the funeral.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, Wednesday, 23 July 1862, page 2
The funeral of Lewis Wolff and W H Shipman of Newport Ky. lately killed at Cynthiana Ky. will take place at their respective residences at 2 PM this afternoon. All friends are invited to attend.
The Home Guard companied turned out last night and marched to the Railroad depot in Covington, where they received the bodies of the lamented Louis Wolfe and William H Shipman, who were killed in the engagement at Cynthiana, and conveyed them to Newport. Their funeral will take place this afternoon at two o'clock.