| 词条 | Louis C. Shepard |
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|name= Louis Capet Shepard |birth_date= {{Birth date|1841|9|2}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|1919|4|27|1841|9|2}} |birth_place= Ashtabula, Ohio |death_place= Danbury, Ohio |placeofburial= Lakeview Cemetery, Port Clinton, Ohio |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |image= Louis Shepard, MOH (framed).jpg |caption=Ordinary Seaman Louis C. Shepard |nickname= |allegiance={{flagicon|USA}} United States of America |branch={{nowrap| U.S. Army}} {{nowrap| U.S. Navy}} |serviceyears= 1861–1865 |rank= Private corporal Ordinary Seaman |commands= |unit= Co. I 19th Ohio Infantry 11th Indpt. Batt'y, N.Y. Light Art'y {{USS|Allegheny|1847}} {{USS|Wabash|1855}} {{USS|Commodore Perry|1859}} {{USS|Constellation|1854}} |battles=American Civil War
|awards= - Medal of Honor |laterwork= }}Lewis Capet Shepard (September 2, 1841 – April 27, 1919) was a Union Navy sailor during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher. Due to a Navy clerical error however his citation and history will always record his first name as Louis.[1][2][3] Army ServiceBorn in Ashtabula County, Ohio, Shepard enlisted as a private in Company I, of the 19th Ohio Infantry, mustering in on April 27, 1861, for a term of three months. During that time he participated in the Battle of Rich Mountain in Randolph County, Virginia (now West Virginia). This first major land battle of the civil war and Union victory propelled General George B. McClellan to command of the Army of the Potomac. According to Shepards 19th OVI muster card he spent three days on extra duty setting telegraph poles, mustering out of this unit August 30, 1861. He reenlisted in the 11th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery on September 18, 1861, for a period of three years. On August 26, 1862, he was captured with 19 other soldiers from the 11th IBNYA at the Second Battle of Bull Run also known as Second Manassas. During October and November 1862 he is listed with the 7th Detachment, 2nd Battalion, Paroled Prisoners, at Annapolis, Maryland. After returning to the 11th IBNYA in December 1862 he was promoted to Corporal on January 2, 1863. Corporal Shepard's unit was transferred to the Reserve Artillery and attached temporarily to Battery K, 1st New York Light Artillery. Shepard also saw action at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and the Battle of Mine Run. Corporal Shepard was discharged on the 7th and reenlisted on February 8, 1864, in the 11th IBNYA at Brandy Station, Va. as a veteran volunteer under General Order 191 signed June 25, 1863. He was again discharged on April 23, 1864, after petitioning the Army for a transfer to the Navy under General Order 91 of 1864. Navy ServiceEnlisting in the United States Navy on April 25, 1864, at Baltimore, Maryland as an ordinary seaman, he served aboard the {{USS|Allegheny|1847}}, {{USS|Wabash|1855}}, {{USS|Commodore Perry|1859}} and the {{USS|Constellation|1854}}. During his service aboard the {{USS|Wabash|1855}}, he participated in the landing party that assaulted Fort Fisher in Wilmington, North Carolina in January 1865. He advanced gallantly through severe enemy fire, while armed only with a revolver and cutlass, which made it impossible to return the fire at that range. Shepard succeeded in not only reaching the angle of the fort, but in being one of the few to enter it. When the rest of the men to his rear were forced to retreat due to devastating fire, Shepard was forced to withdraw and seek the shelter of one of the mounds near the stockade. Shepard then succeeded in regaining the safety of his ship. Shepard was just 23 years old at the time. After the fall of Fort Fisher, the Confederate army evacuated its remaining forts in the Cape Fear area, and Union forces soon overtook Wilmington. Once Wilmington fell, the supply line of the Confederacy was severed, and the war soon ended. He was later presented with the Medal of Honor in recognition of his service. Due to a Navy clerical error, his citation reads Louis; however his name was spelled Lewis. Shepard died in Danbury, Ohio, and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Port Clinton, Ohio. In April 2005, Ohio Congressman Steven C. LaTourette, representing the district that contains Shepard's native Ashtabula, passed a resolution in the House honoring Shephard. The flag that was flown over the United States Capitol on April 27, 2005, was unveiled on Memorial Day 2005 during the dedication ceremony for the new Ashtabula County Veterans Memorial. VFW Post 3334 in Jefferson was instrumental on behalf of the new memorial, and for choosing to honor the valor of Louis C. Shepard. Medal of Honor citationRank and Organization:Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1843, Ohio. Accredited to: Ohio. G.O. No.: 59, June 22, 1865.Citation: Served as seaman on board the U.S.S. Wabash in the assault on Fort Fisher, 15 January 1865. Advancing gallantly through severe enemy fire while armed only with a revolver and cutlass which made it impossible to return the fire at that range, Shepard succeeded in reaching the angle of the fort and in going on, to be one of the few who entered the fort. When the rest of the body of men to his rear were forced to retreat under a devastating fire, he was forced to withdraw through lack of support and to seek the shelter of one of the mounds near the stockade from which point he succeeded in regaining the safety of his ship.[4][5]{{clear}} Medal of Honor LegionNo. 105 In the Name and by the Authority of the Medal of Honor Legion of the United States. To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting Know ye that Louis C. Shepard having received a Medal of Honor for distinguished gallantry in action, in accordance with the Acts of Congress and having rendered faithful service in maintaining the honor, integrity and supremacy of the United States of America, was received as a companion of the First Class of the Medal of Honor Legion of the United States of America on the fourth day of October Anno Domine, eighteen hundred and ninety two In Testimony Whereof the names of the Commander and Adjutant and the seal of the order are hereunto affixed. Given at Washington D.C. this ninth day of June in the year of our lord eighteen hundred and ninety seven Nelson A. Miles[6][7] Commander John Tweedale[8][9] Adjutant See also{{Portal|Biography|United States Navy|American Civil War}}
Notes1. ^For factual Medal of Honor history sake this page is named Louis C. Shepard for it is under this name due to a Navy clerical error that the MOH was Awarded. 2. ^A Quick search of {{Find a Grave|5015784|work=Claim to Fame: Medal of Honor recipients|accessdate=September 2, 2010}} will produce the grave of Mr. Shepard and his wife Velma and one can clearly see the family headstone contradicts the Government headstone. 3. ^The original submitter of this page is in possession of the death certificates of Lewis Capet, Velma Eudora and their son Osmer Lewis Shepard. 4. ^{{Cite web |publisher = AmericanCivilWar.com |title = Civil War Medal of Honor citations (S-Z): Shepard, Louis C. |date = |url = http://americancivilwar.com/medal_of_honor8.html |accessdate = 2007-11-09}} 5. ^{{Cite web |publisher=United States Army Center of Military History |title=Medal of Honor website (M-Z): Shepard, Louis C. |date= |url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html |accessdate=2007-11-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223063700/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html |archivedate=2009-02-23 |df= }} 6. ^{{Cite web |publisher = AmericanCivilWar.com |title = "Civil War Medal of Honor citations" (S-Z): Miles, Nelson A. |date = |url = http://americancivilwar.com/medal_of_honor6.html |accessdate = 2007-11-09}} 7. ^{{Cite web |publisher=United States Army Center of Military History |title=Medal of Honor website (M-Z): Miles, Nelson A. |date= |url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html |accessdate=2007-11-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223063700/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html |archivedate=2009-02-23 |df= }} 8. ^{{Cite web |publisher = AmericanCivilWar.com |title = Civil War Medal of Honor citations (S-Z): Tweedale, John |date = |url = http://americancivilwar.com/medal_of_honor8.html |accessdate = 2007-11-29}} 9. ^{{Cite web |publisher=United States Army Center of Military History |title=Medal of Honor website (M-Z): Tweedale, John |date= |url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html |accessdate=2007-11-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223063700/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html |archivedate=2009-02-23 |df= }} References{{NHC}}
|publisher = The Werner Company |title = The Story of American Heroism |work = Online Library |year = 1897 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=F80TAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA731&dq=%22lewis+c+shepard%22#PPA731,M1 |accessdate = 2008-08-22}}
|publisher = Naval History & Heritage Command |title = US People - Shepard, Louis C. |work = Online Library |date = 2004-12-16 |url = http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-s/l-sheprd.htm |accessdate = 2007-05-10}}
|title =Louis C. Shepard, Medal of Honor recipient |work =Home of Heroes |publisher = |date = |url = http://www.homeofheroes.com/photos/1_civilwar/shepard_louis.html }}
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