On August 25, 1864, Nelson W. Shephard/Shepherd/Sheppard of Muskegon was taken prisoner at Ream's Station, Virginia. (Michigan "Brown" books listed June 25). He had enlisted into Co. C. of the 26th Michigan on August 9, 1862, at the age of 18 and was supposedly listed in Belle Isle Prison at Richmond, Virginia on October 4, 1864. He died in the Confederate Prison at Salisbury, North Carolina on December 18, 1864, where he had been joined by other members of the regiment.
26th Michigan service included: Camp Jackson, Alexandria, Washington, Suffolk, the New York Draft Riots, Mine Run, Wilderness, Po River, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg including Deep Bottom, & Ream's Station
According to an article in Smithsonian magazine, Nov. 2016,
long-lost letters from Nelson Shephard to his family have been discovered. They are now in the National Postal Museum.
26th Michigan service included: Camp Jackson, Alexandria, Washington, Suffolk, the New York Draft Riots, Mine Run, Wilderness, Po River, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg including Deep Bottom, & Ream's Station
According to an article in Smithsonian magazine, Nov. 2016,
long-lost letters from Nelson Shephard to his family have been discovered. They are now in the National Postal Museum.
On August 25, 1864, Nelson W. Shephard/Shepherd/Sheppard of Muskegon was taken prisoner at Ream's Station, Virginia. (Michigan "Brown" books listed June 25). He had enlisted into Co. C. of the 26th Michigan on August 9, 1862, at the age of 18 and was supposedly listed in Belle Isle Prison at Richmond, Virginia on October 4, 1864. He died in the Confederate Prison at Salisbury, North Carolina on December 18, 1864, where he had been joined by other members of the regiment.
26th Michigan service included: Camp Jackson, Alexandria, Washington, Suffolk, the New York Draft Riots, Mine Run, Wilderness, Po River, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg including Deep Bottom, & Ream's Station
According to an article in Smithsonian magazine, Nov. 2016,
long-lost letters from Nelson Shephard to his family have been discovered. They are now in the National Postal Museum.
26th Michigan service included: Camp Jackson, Alexandria, Washington, Suffolk, the New York Draft Riots, Mine Run, Wilderness, Po River, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg including Deep Bottom, & Ream's Station
According to an article in Smithsonian magazine, Nov. 2016,
long-lost letters from Nelson Shephard to his family have been discovered. They are now in the National Postal Museum.
