Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the Union Navy during the Civil War as an Ordinary Seaman on board the USS Wabash. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery during the combined army and navy assualt on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, on January 15, 1865. His citation reads "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." His Medal was awarded to him on June 22, 1865.
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the Union Navy during the Civil War as an Ordinary Seaman on board the USS Wabash. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery during the combined army and navy assualt on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, on January 15, 1865. His citation reads "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." His Medal was awarded to him on June 22, 1865.
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