Guide to the Isaac F. Shepard papers Wyles Mss 74

Arrangement and description by D. Tambo; revised by Zachary Liebhaber, 2019.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2011; 2019


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).

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research. A portion of the collection is stored offsite. Advance notice required for retrieval.

Use Restrictions

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.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Isaac F. Shepard papers, Wyles Mss 74. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Purchase from multiple sources, 1996, 1997, 2000.

Biographical Note

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.

Scope and Content

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.

Related Materials

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)

 

Pre-Civil War Period

box 1

(mainly incoming correspondence) 1830s

 

1840s

box 1

General (mainly incoming correspondence)

box 1

Correspondence - Longfellow (Henry W.), 1 letter (ALS) 5 July 1843

 

1850s

box 1

General (mainly incoming correspondence)

box 1

Denton Estate (bills regarding improvements)

box 1

Diaries (2 small leather bound diaries, one circa 1845 and the other 1849-1853, 1867)

box 1

Poems

box 1

Speeches

box 1

Miscellany (includes play and other writings)

 

Civil War Period

box 1

Clippings

 

Correspondence (incoming)

 

General

box 1

1861

box 1

1862

box 1

1863

box 2

1864

box 2

1865

box 2

Abercrombie

box 2

Adams

box 2

Botume

box 2

Boyd 1862

box 2

Cary

box 2

Congratulatory Letters (on appointment as Lieutenant Colonel) 1861

box 2

Crandal

box 2

Forman

box 2

Frost, William 1863

box 2

Hawkins

box 2

Letters of Introduction 1861

box 2

McNeil, John circa 1860-1870

box 2

Osterhaus

box 2

Telegrams 1862

box 2

Webber

box 2

White River Expedition 1862

box 2

Wiley

box 2

Wilson

box 2

Court of Inquiry Papers 1863-1864

box 2

Diary 1863

box 2

Documents (mainly bills and receipts; some orders)

 

Financial Records (bound)

box-folder 3: 1

Cash Book 1864-1865

box-folder 3: 2

Day Book 1864-1865

box-folder 3: 3

Ledger 1864-1865

box-folder 3: 4

Receipt Book 1864-1865

box 3

Personal

 

Post-Civil War Period

box 4

Adjutant General, Missouri 1870-1871

 

Correspondence

 

General

box 4

1866-1869

box 4

1870s

box 4

1880s

box 4

Campaign 1870

box 5

Letters of Introduction

box 5

Financial

box 5

Missouri Club circa 1872-1873

box 5

Missouri Democrat circa 1866-1874

box 5

Missouri State Atlas 1871-1873

 

Speeches

box 5

4th of July, n.y.

box 5

Memorial Day Oration May 30, 1870

 

Photographs

box 5

Daguerreotype (later enlargement, of Isaac F. Shepard, Deborah Nash Shepard, and Ella Gertrude Shepard) circa 1847

box 5

Cabinet Photos - 2 portraits, possibly copies of earlier images

box 5

Tintypes - 21 small images, female family members

 

Civil War era

box 5

5 cartes de visite, with Isaac F. Shepard in uniform

box 5

1 cabinet photo, inscribed "The Vick House." Vicksburg, Miss. Headquarters of Brig. Genl. Isaac F. Shepard.

box 5

1 portrait, Isaac F. Shepard in uniform.

box 5

Additions

Scope and Contents note

not yet integrated into collection
box 6

Artifacts

Scope and Contents note

Metal box with red lettering: "I. F. SHEPARD. MILITARY and BUSINESS PAPERS" (in oversize box)