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11391 27th Indiana Oliver Shepherd 3X WIA Incredible Archive- In July 1861 Oliver
Shepherd enlisted in Company H 27th Indiana Volunteers. The regiment was
dispatched to the Army of the Potomac. Shepard was hit by a spent ball at Cedar
Mountain, had a gunshot wound to the hip at Antietam, and was wounded in the
forearm at Gettysburg. He later went to New York to help put down the draft riots.
Mustered out in September of 1864, he wasted little time in reenlisting as first
lieutenant in Company G 145th Indiana and was later promoted to Captain. $4,500
This achieve includes:
1. 1/6 plate tintype of Shepard in uniform as Lieutenant.
2. A large composite albumen of Shepard and other officers of the 145th Indiana
15” X 20”
3. A book re: administrative matters in th4 military “The Company Clerk” loosely
bound and signed in period pencil by Shepard 4 ½” X 7 ½”
4. Revised US Army Regulations 1863 signed in period ink as captain. Damp
staining 5 ½” X 8 ½”
5. Infantry Tactics by Silas Casey 1862 3 ½” X 5”
6. GAR photo of Shepard and other vets 5” X 8”
7. Shepard and his grandchildren 4 ½” X 6”
8. Copy of a 27 page manuscript “A Soldiers History of the Civil War” by Oliver
Shepard from the Indiana Historical Society
9. Shepards' discharges from the 27th and 145th Indiana
Oliver Shepherd- Residence Jennings County IN; a 20 year-old Farmer.
Enlisted on 9/12/1861 as a Private.
On 9/12/1861 he mustered into "H" Co. IN 27th Infantry
He was transferred out on 6/15/1864 at Cincinnati, OH
(Estimated day of transfer)
On 6/15/1864 he transferred into Veteran Reserve Corps
He was Mustered Out on 9/15/1864 at Indianapolis, IN
On 2/14/1865 he was commissioned into "G" Co. IN 145th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 1/21/1866 at Cuthbert, GA
He was listed as:
* Wounded 8/9/1862 Cedar Mountain, VA (Wounded in left hip)
* Wounded 9/17/1862 Antietam, MD (Wounded in left thigh)
* Returned 2/15/1863 (place not stated) (Estimated day)
* Wounded 7/3/1863 Gettysburg, PA (Wounded in left forearm)
Promotions:
* Corpl 1/17/1862
* Sergt 2/19/1862
* Capt 6/16/1865
He was described at enlistment as:
5' 9.0"
Other Information:
died 7/15/1917 in Jennings County, IN
Buried: Graham Cemetery, Jennings County, IN
Shepherd enlisted in Company H 27th Indiana Volunteers. The regiment was
dispatched to the Army of the Potomac. Shepard was hit by a spent ball at Cedar
Mountain, had a gunshot wound to the hip at Antietam, and was wounded in the
forearm at Gettysburg. He later went to New York to help put down the draft riots.
Mustered out in September of 1864, he wasted little time in reenlisting as first
lieutenant in Company G 145th Indiana and was later promoted to Captain. $4,500
This achieve includes:
1. 1/6 plate tintype of Shepard in uniform as Lieutenant.
2. A large composite albumen of Shepard and other officers of the 145th Indiana
15” X 20”
3. A book re: administrative matters in th4 military “The Company Clerk” loosely
bound and signed in period pencil by Shepard 4 ½” X 7 ½”
4. Revised US Army Regulations 1863 signed in period ink as captain. Damp
staining 5 ½” X 8 ½”
5. Infantry Tactics by Silas Casey 1862 3 ½” X 5”
6. GAR photo of Shepard and other vets 5” X 8”
7. Shepard and his grandchildren 4 ½” X 6”
8. Copy of a 27 page manuscript “A Soldiers History of the Civil War” by Oliver
Shepard from the Indiana Historical Society
9. Shepards' discharges from the 27th and 145th Indiana
Oliver Shepherd- Residence Jennings County IN; a 20 year-old Farmer.
Enlisted on 9/12/1861 as a Private.
On 9/12/1861 he mustered into "H" Co. IN 27th Infantry
He was transferred out on 6/15/1864 at Cincinnati, OH
(Estimated day of transfer)
On 6/15/1864 he transferred into Veteran Reserve Corps
He was Mustered Out on 9/15/1864 at Indianapolis, IN
On 2/14/1865 he was commissioned into "G" Co. IN 145th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 1/21/1866 at Cuthbert, GA
He was listed as:
* Wounded 8/9/1862 Cedar Mountain, VA (Wounded in left hip)
* Wounded 9/17/1862 Antietam, MD (Wounded in left thigh)
* Returned 2/15/1863 (place not stated) (Estimated day)
* Wounded 7/3/1863 Gettysburg, PA (Wounded in left forearm)
Promotions:
* Corpl 1/17/1862
* Sergt 2/19/1862
* Capt 6/16/1865
He was described at enlistment as:
5' 9.0"
Other Information:
died 7/15/1917 in Jennings County, IN
Buried: Graham Cemetery, Jennings County, IN
