Shepherd, Heyward

Life Span
to
Full name
Heyward Shepherd
Birth Date Certainty
Estimated
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
Black
Date Event
John Brown attacks Harpers Ferry
John Brown's attack on Harpers Ferry continues with the townspeople fighting back
John Brown's attack on Harpers Ferry ends when Marines storm the Engine House
John Brown and his surviving raiders are taken to Charlestown, Virginia under heavy guard
- John Brown and his fellow prisoners are held at Charlestown, Virginia pending trial
John Brown and his fellow prisoners are held at Charlestown pending trial before a Virginia court
Harpers Ferry Raid
Chicago Style Entry Link
Janney, Caroline E. "Written in Stone: Gender, Race, and the Heyward Shepherd Memorial." Civil War History 52, no. 2 (June 2006): 117-141. view record
Johnson, Mary. "An ‘Ever Present Bone of Contention’: The Heyward Shepherd Memorial." West Virginia History 56 (1997): 1-26. view record
Shackel, Paul A. "Heyward Shepherd: The Faithful Slave Memorial." Historical Archaeology 37, no. 3 (2003): 138-148. view record
How to Cite This Page: "Shepherd, Heyward," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/6568.