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Wyles Mss 74
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Title: Isaac F. Shepard Papers
Dates: ca. 1830s-1880s
Collection number: Wyles Mss 74
Creator:
Shepard, Isaac F. (Isaac Fitzgerald), 1816-1889
Collection Size:
3.0 linear feet
(5 document boxes and 1 metal box).
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: Commander of the 52nd U.S. Infantry, Colored, from 1863 onwards, making him ranking regimental officer (initially as Colonel,
later as Brigadier General) of all colored troops in the Union. Includes an 1863 diary, Court of Inquiry Papers, and related
correspondence, which document a seminal incident in which Shepard defended his troops against hostile treatment by white
Union troops, was arrested, but subsequently had all charges dismissed by Gen. Grant and was restored to his command.
Physical location: Del Sur (Boxes 1-5); Annex 2 (box 6).
Languages:
English
None. Some materials stored off-site, advance notice required for retrieval.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Isaac F. Shepard Papers. Wyles Mss 74. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Purchase from multiple sources, 1996, 1997, 2000.
Born July 7, 1816. Harvard University graduate, class of 1842. Served with various Civil War regiments, including command
of the 52nd U.S. Infantry, Colored, from 1863 onwards, which made him ranking regimental officer (initially as Colonel, later
as Brigadier General) of all colored troops in the Union.
Scope and Content of Collection
Of special note are an 1863 diary, Court of Inquiry Papers, and related correspondence, which document a seminal incident
in which Shepard defended his troops against hostile treatment by white Union troops, was arrested, but subsequently had all
charges dismissed by Gen. Grant and was restored to his command.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Shepard, Isaac F. (Isaac Fitzgerald), 1816-1889
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.
A book of poetry by Isaac Shepard,
Poetry of Feeling and Spiritual Melodies (Boston: Lewis and Sampson, 1844) has been cataloged separately and may be searched in Pegasus, the UCSB Libraries online
catalog.