History of Bellingham, (Norfolk County) Massachusetts United States of America

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Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard, soldier, was born in South Natick, Mass., July 7, 1816; son of Major Calvin Shepard of Ashland, Mass.; and a descendant of the Rev. Thomas Shepard of Cambridge. He was graduated at Harvard in 1842 (A.B., 1850, A.M., 1851); was principal of a grammar school in Boston, 1844?57, editor of the Daily Bee, 1846?48, and a representative in the Massachusetts legislature, 1859?60. He removed to Missouri in 1861, served as adjutant-general on the staff of Gen. T. W. Sweeney with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the expedition to Springfield, Mo., and as senior aide-de-camp on the staff of General Lyon in the battles of Dug Springs and at Wilson's Creek, where he was wounded. He also served as aide-de-camp to Maj. S. D. Sturgis; was transferred to the 19th Missouri volunteers as lieutenant-colonel; commanded the provost guard at St. Louis, Mo., and was promoted colonel of the 3d Missouri volunteers, with which his old regiment consolidated Jan. 18, 1862. In the movement of the 13th army corps under General Sherman against Vicksburg, Dec. 2, 1862, he was in the 2d brigade, 4th division, Gen. F. D. Steele. He also fought at Arkansas Port, Jan. 11, 1863, took part in the expeditions to Deer Creek and Black Bayou, Miss.; was placed in command of the 1st Mississippi regiment of colored troops in the Mississippi valley, May 28. 1863, reported to Grant, who assigned him to McPherson's corps with headquarters at Haines Bluff. Miss.; was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers, Oct. 27, 1863, and was honorably mustered out July 4, 1864. He was editor of the Missouri Democrat, St. Louis, 1868?69, served as adjutant-general of the state and as chairman of the Republican state committee, 1870?71, and as U.S. consul to Swatow and Hankow, China, 1874?86. He edited the Missouri State Atlas, 1871?72, and is the author of: Pebbles from Castalia poems (1840); Poetry of Feeling (1844); Scenes and Songs of Social Life (1846), and Household Tales (1861). He died at Bellingham, Mass., Aug. 25, 1889.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Bellingham, (Norfolk County) Massachusetts

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