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1049…….(Born N.
Y.)
Oliver L. Shepherd
(Ap’d N. Y.)………..33
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1836, to July 1, 1840,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 4th
Infantry, July 1, 1840.
Second Lieut., 3d Infantry, Oct. 2, 1840.
Served: on
frontier duty at Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1840-41; in the Florida War, 1841-42; in
garrison at Ft. Stansbury, Fla., 1842-43, -- and Jefferson Barracks, Mo.,
1843-44; on frontier duty at Ft. Jesup (Camp
(First Lieut., 3d Infantry, Nov. 3, 1845)
Wilkins, La., 1844, 1845;
in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War with Mexico, 1846,
being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, -- and Battle of
Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846; on Recruiting service, 1846-47; in the War
with Mexico, 1847-48, being engaged in the Skirmish at the National Bridge,
Aug. 12, Plan del Rio, Aug. 15, and Ocalaca, Aug. 16, 1847, -- Battle of
Contreras, Aug.
(Bvt. Captain, Aug. 20,
1847, for Gallant and Meritorious
Conduct in the Battles of
Contreras and Churubusco, Mex.)
19-20, 1847, -- Battle of
Churubusco, Aug. 20, 1847, -- Storming of Chapultepec, Sep. 13, 1847, -- and
Assault and Capture of the City of Mexico,
(Bvt. Major, Sep. 13,
1847, for gallant and Meritorious
Conduct in the Battle of
Chapultepec, Mex.)
Sep. 13-14, 1847; in
garrison at East Pascagoula, Mis., 1848; on frontier
(Captain, 3d Infantry, Dec. 1, 1847)
duty at San Antonio, Tex.,
1848-49, -- March to El Paso, 1849, -- Ft. Bliss, Tex., 1849-50, -- Dona
Ana, N. M., 1850-51, -- Ft. Conrad, N. M., 1851-52, -- Camp Vigilance, N.
M., 1852, -- Ft. Defiance, N. M., 1853, -- on Court Martial at Ft. Fillmore,
N. M., 1853-54, -- Ft. Defiance, N. M., 1854, -- Navajo Country, 1854, --
Ft. Defiance, N. M., 1855, -- Court Martial at Ft. Bliss, 1855, --
Albuquerque, N. M., 1855-56, -- Scouting, 1856, against the Apache Indians,
being engaged in a Skirmish on the Sierra del Almagre, N. M., Mar., 1856, --
Ft. Defiance, N. M., 1856-57, -- Albuquerque, N. M., 1857, -- Gila
Expedition, 1857, being engaged in a Skirmish at the Canon de los Muertos
Carneros, N. M., against Mogollon Indians, May 24, 1857, -- Ft. Defiance, N.
M., 1858-59, -- Navajo Expedition, 1859, -- Ft. Defiance, N. M., 1859, --
Scouting, 1859, -- Ft. Defiance, N. M., 1859-60, being engaged in its
defense against Navajo Indians, Apr. 30, 1860, -- March to Texas, 1860, --
Ft. Clark, Tex., 1860-61, -- and Ft. Duncan, Tex., 1861; en route to
Indianola, and thence to New York, 1861; and in garrison at Ft. Hamilton, N.
Y., 1861.
Served during
the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861-66: in command of battalion of
3d Infantry in the defense of Washington, D. C., May-June, 1861; on
mustering duty at New York city, July
(Lieut.-Colonel, 18th
Infantry, May 14, 1861)
to Dec., 1861; in the
Tennessee and Mississippi Campaign (Army of the Ohio), Dec., 1861, to June,
1862, being engaged in the Advance upon and Siege of Corinth, Mis.,
Apr.-May, 1862, routing a Rebel camp, May 17, 1862, -- and
(Bvt. Colonel, May 17, 1862, for Gallant and
Meritorious Services at the Siege of Corinth, Mis.)
pursuit of the Rebels to
Baldwin, Mis., May 30-31, 1862; in Major-General Buell’s movement through
Alabama and Tennessee to Louisville, Ky., July to Sep., 1862; on Court of
Inquiry at Allegheny Arsenal, Pa., Oct. to Nov., 1862; in Major-General
Rosecrans’ Tennessee Campaign (Army of the Cumberland), Nov., 1862, to Apr.
17, 1863, commanding
(Colonel, 15th
Infantry, Jan. 21, 1863)
brigade of regulars in the
Battle of Stone River, dec. 31, 1862, to Jan. 3, 1863; and as Superintendent
of Regimental Recruiting Service at Ft. Adams, R. I., May 7, 1863, to Feb.
13, 1866.
Bvt. Brig.-General, Mar.
13, 1865, for Gallant and
Meritorious Services at
the Battle of Stone River, Ten.
Served: on
leave of absence, Feb. 21 to Nov. 10, 1866; in command of regiment,
headquarters Macon, Ga., Nov. 10, 1866, to dec. 31, 1867; on leave of
absence and awaiting orders, Dec. 31, 1867, to Mar. 6, 1868; in command of
regiment and Sub-District of Alabama, Mr. 6 to Aug. 12, 1868, -- and post of
Marshall, Tex., Aug. 27 to Sep. 3, 1868; awaiting orders, before
Sub-Judiciary Committee of the U. S. House of Representatives, and on Court
of Inquiry, 1868-69; in command of regiment, June 11 to Nov. 13, 1869; and
on leave of absence to Dec. 15, 1870; and
(Retired from Active
Service, dec. 15, 1870,
on his own Application,
After 30 Consecutive Years of Service)
in confinement, undergoing
sentence of Court Martial, Apr. 2, 178 to Apr. 2, 1879. |
