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Wyles Mss 74
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Title: Isaac F. Shepard papers
Identifier/Call Number: Wyles Mss 74
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3 linear feet
(5 document boxes and 1 metal box)
Creator:
Shepard, Isaac F. (Isaac Fitzgerald), 1816-1889
Date (inclusive): circa 1830s-1880s
Abstract: 1863 diary, Court of Inquiry papers, and related correspondence of Civil War brigadier general Isaac F. Shephard.
Physical Location: A portion of the collection is located at the Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF).
The collection is open for research. A portion of the collection is stored offsite. Advance notice required for retrieval.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research 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.
[Identification of Item], Isaac F. Shepard papers, Wyles Mss 74. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara
Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Purchase from multiple sources, 1996, 1997, 2000.
Born July 7, 1816. Harvard University graduate, class of 1842. Isaac F. Shephard 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 African-American troops in the Union.
Papers include 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 General Grant and was restored to his command.
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 the UC Santa Barbara Library online
catalog.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans
Correspondence
Diaries
Military records
Shepard, Isaac F. (Isaac Fitzgerald), 1816-1889 -- Archives
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 52nd (1864-1866)