Facts:   - caption: john p. c. shanks    - placeofburial label: place of burial    - battles: american civil war    - death date: 23 january 1901    - allegiance: usa united states of america union    - rank: general    - placeofburial: green park cemetery , portland , indiana      - birth date: 17 june 1826    - name: john peter cleaver shanks    - branch: usa army union army    - image: jpcshanks.jpg    - death place: portland , indiana    - birth place: martinsburg , virginia -lrb- now west virginia -rrb-   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john p. c. shanks .
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john peter cleaver shanks -lrb- june 17 , 1826 -- january 23 , 1901 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from indiana .