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William Shepard

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Massachusetts American Revolutionary War officer, militia general during Shays' Rebellion (1737-1817)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1737 to 1817 · aged 79
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William Shepard was a United States representative from Massachusetts (1797-1802), and a military officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

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Col. William Shepard was at the Battle of Trenton, N.J. with George Washington, and his likeness appears in the painting The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776, by John Trumbull.[5]Col. William Shepard was at the Battle of Trenton, N.J. with George Washington, and his likeness appears in the painting The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776, by John Trumbull.[5]

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William Shepard was a United States representative from Massachusetts (1797-1802), and a military officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. As a state militia leader he protected the Springfield Armory during Shays' Rebellion, firing cannon into the force of Daniel Shays and compelling them to disperse. He also served in town and state government and was a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1737 to 1817 · aged 79
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