Isaac F. Shepard
Birth nameIsaac Fitzgerald Shepard
Born(1816-07-07)July 7, 1816
Natick, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedAugust 25, 1899(1899-08-25) (aged 83)
Bellingham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Buried
Ashland Cemetery
Allegiance United States
Service/branchUnion Army
RankBrigadier General
Commands heldMissouri Militia (Union)
3rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment
51st United States Colored Infantry Regiment
African Brigade, XVII Corps,
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
  • Battle of Wilson's Creek

Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard (July 7, 1816 – August 25, 1899) was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. His appointment as a brigadier general of volunteers was not confirmed by the United States Senate and expired on July 4, 1864.

Relief portrait of Shepard by Roland Hinton Perry at Vicksburg National Military Park

Biography

Shepard was born in Natick, Massachusetts, on July 7, 1816.[1][2] He graduated from Harvard University in 1842.[1][2]

Shepard was appointed a major in the Missouri Militia (Union) on June 18, 1861.[1] In August 1861, he became an assistant adjutant general to Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon.[1][3] He was wounded at the Battle of Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861.[1] He was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 19th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment on August 30, 1861, and colonel of the 3rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment on January 18, 1862, when the regiments were consolidated.[1][3] He was appointed colonel of the 51st United States Colored Infantry Regiment on May 9, 1863.[1][3] As a colonel he led the African Brigade, XVII Corps, Army of the Tennessee, during the Siege of Vicksburg.[1]

On November 17, 1863, Shepard was appointed brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from October 27, 1863.[1][3] He was stationed at Vicksburg, Mississippi, with a brigade of three regiments of United States Colored Troops.[1] The United States Senate did not confirm his appointment as brigadier general and it expired on July 4, 1864.[1] Shepard then returned to Missouri.[3]

Shepard died on August 25, 1889, in Bellingham, Massachusetts.[1] He was buried in Ashland Cemetery, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.[1][3]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1. p. 610.
  2. 1 2 Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964. ISBN 978-0-8071-0822-2. pp. 435.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Warner, 1964, p. 436,

References

  • Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1.
  • Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964. ISBN 978-0-8071-0822-2.
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