George F. Shepley

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Military Governor of Richmond, Virginia
George F. Shepley

In office April 13, 1865 – June 1865
Military Governor of Louisiana
In office 1862 – 1864
Preceded by	Thomas Overton Moore
Succeeded by	Michael Hahn
20th Mayor (Acting Military Mayor) of New Orleans, Louisiana
In office May 20, 1862 – July 11, 1862
Preceded by	John T. Monroe
Succeeded by	Godfrey Weitzel

Born	January 1, 1819(1819-01-01) Saco, Maine
Died	July 20, 1878 (aged 59) Portland, Maine
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Lucy Ann Hayes

George Foster Shepley (January 1, 1819 – July 20, 1878) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was appointed military Governor of Louisiana by General Benjamin Butler in June 1862.

Shepley served as the acting military mayor of New Orleans from May 20, 1862 – July 11, 1862. This appointment lasted less than two months before Shepley was appointed military governor of the occupied parishes of Louisiana from 1862–1864. Shepley later served as military governor of Richmond, Virginia.

He died in Portland, Maine, on July 20, 1878, and is interred at Evergreen Cemetery in that city. His tombstone has his birth date as January 1, 1819.

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State of Louisiana - Biography
Cemetery Memorial by La-Cemeteries

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George F. Shepley at Find A Grave

Preceded by John T. Monroe	Mayor of New Orleans May 20, 1862 – July 11, 1862	Succeeded by Godfrey Weitzel
Preceded by Thomas Overton Moore	Governor of Louisiana 1862 – 1864	Succeeded by Michael Hahn
Preceded by '	Military Governor of Richmond April 13, 1865 – June 1865	Succeeded by '

v • d • e Governors of Louisiana

First Period of Statehood (1812-1861)	Claiborne • Villeré • Robertson • Thibodaux • H. Johnson • Derbigny • Beauvais • Dupre • Roman • White • Roman • Mouton • I. Johnson • Walker • Hébert • Wickliffe • Moore

Confederate Louisiana (1861-1865)	Moore • H. Allen

Union-Controlled Louisiana (1862-1865)	Shepley • Hahn

Reconstruction Era (1865-1868)	Wells • Flanders • Baker

Second Period of Statehood (1868-Present)	Warmoth • Pinchback • J. McEnery • Kellogg • Nicholls • Wiltz • S. McEnery • Nicholls • Foster, Sr. • Heard • Blanchard • Sanders • Hall • Pleasant • Parker • Fuqua • Simpson • H. Long • King • O. Allen • Noe • Leche • E. Long • Jones • Davis • E. Long • Kennon • E. Long • Davis • McKeithen • Edwards • Treen • Edwards • Roemer • Edwards • Foster, Jr. • Blanco • Jindal