| John Shepherd A Tribute |
| Documents in PDF Format |
AMERICAN REVOLUTION BATTLES -
BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND -
BATTLE OF VALCOUR ISLAND -
TRENTON -
PRINCETON -
WINTER AT MORRISTOWN -
BRANDYWINE-WOUNDED
GERMANTOWN -
WHITE MARSH, PRISONER & RESCUED -
WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE -
MONMOUTH -
BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND -
BATTLE OF VALCOUR ISLAND -
TRENTON -
PRINCETON -
WINTER AT MORRISTOWN -
BRANDYWINE-WOUNDED
GERMANTOWN -
WHITE MARSH, PRISONER & RESCUED -
WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE -
MONMOUTH -
Battles Fought
| John Shepherd Commemoration North Royalton, Ohio June 26-27, 2010 |
Extraordinary document signed by JOHN SHEPHERD when he was near 103 years of age. NOTE: The strong signature. He states his place of birth and gives his birth date of 1729. He tells of his service with General Braddock at Braddock's defeat of 1755. His four plus years service in the Revolutionary War with the 2ND PA., and 3RD PA., Continental Line. He does not tell of being wounded at Brandywine, Being taken prisoner and being rescued at White Marsh or spending the entire winter at Valley Forge. He does state that his being “Disabled by rheumatic complaints contracted by exposures in the first year of the Revolutionary War, and which I have ever since suffered”, this was due to being at the Battle of Trenton and the crossing of the Delaware with Washington where the troops marched wet in bitter cold during the night to reach Trenton. He also states that he served beyond the three years of his last enlistment which is telling knowing of his medical condition. When "I became sick and disabled, when I was lodged in the hospital in the city of Philadelphia, when being wholly crippled with very severe rheumatic complaints, by the recommendation of Doctor Benjamin Rush, I obtained a written discharge from the army, from General Benedict Arnold," WHEN John Shepherd died at the historical age of 117 years 9 months and 18 days he was the last survivor of Braddock’s defeat of 1755 and the longest lived soldier of the American Revolution. This historical document had not been seen for 175 years until it was found by Charles Phebus, 4th great grandson of John Shepherd in the archives of congress. |
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