Shumate enlisted in the 8th VA Infantry, Co. C, on July 15, 1861. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant on June 18, 1862. Shumate was taken prisoner on April 6, 1865 at the Battle of Sailor's Creek, VA and sent to the prison at Johnson's Island OH, where he was released after taking the oath of allegiance on June 20, 1865.
After the war, he returned to his home in Loudon County, VA, where his occupation was farmer on the 1870-1920 censuses. He died on April 27, 1925 and is buried in Union Cemetery in Leesburg, VA
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