★ Shepley, George Foster

George Foster Shepley​

Born: January 1, 1819

Birthplace: Saco, Maine

Father: U.S. Senator Ether Shepley 1789 – 1877

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

Mother: Anne Foster 1790 – 1868

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

1st​ Wife: Lucy Ann Hayes 1826 – 1859

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

2nd​ Wife: Helen Merritt Merrill 1839 – 1915

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

Children:

George H. Shepley 1845 – 1845​

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

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Ellen Shepley Selfridge 1846 – 1905​

(Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts)​

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Charles E. Shepley 1848 – 1849​

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

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Annie Hathaway Shepley Tiffany 1850 – 1922​

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

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Lucy H. Shepley 1852 – 1868​

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

Education:

1837: Graduated from Harvard University​

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1839: Graduated from Dartmouth College​

Occupation before War:

1839 – 1844: Attorney in Bangor, Maine​

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1844 – 1861: Attorney in Portland, Maine​

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1848 – 1849: United States District Attorney in Maine​

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1853 – 1861: United States District Attorney in Maine​

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Civil War Career:

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1861 – 1862: Colonel of 12th​ Maine Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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Served in the Union Army Department of the Gulf​

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1862: Brigade Commander during the New Orleans Campaign​

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1862: Military Governor of New Orleans, Louisiana​

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1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers​

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1862 – 1864: Military Governor of Union Occupied Louisiana Parishes​

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Served as Chief of Staff in Union Army of the James​

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1865: Military Governor of Richmond, Virginia​

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1865: Resigned as Brigadier General on July 1st​​

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Occupation after War:

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1865 – 1866: Attorney in Portland, Maine​

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1866 – 1867: Maine State Representative​

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1867 – 1869: Attorney in Portland, Maine​

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1869 – 1878: Judge United States Circuit Court, First Circuit​

Died: July 30, 1878

Place of Death: Portland, Maine

Cause of Death: Asiatic Cholera

Age at time of Death: 59 years old

Burial Place: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy early (January 1st) birthday Brig. General George F. Shepley! Salutes remembering General Shepley on the week of his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

A political friend of General Benjamin Butler's he was his right hand man in New Orleans, in fact he was made commander of the post and military governor of Louisiana inspite of the fact that most of his brigade was not present at the fall of that city.

 

[Pollaco]

A political friend of General Benjamin Butler's he was his right hand man in New Orleans, in fact he was made commander of the post and military governor of Louisiana inspite of the fact that most of his brigade was not present at the fall of that city.

I fact for much of what went wrong Butler that was and is blamed for while they were actually the actions of Shepley. Through a blanket pardon he almost emptied the state prisons of dangerous criminals. He held the title Military Governor of Louisiana for almost 2 years and left the position when Michael Hahn was elected as Union governor.