George Foster Shepley

George Foster Shepley (January 1, 1819 – July 20, 1878) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, military governor of Louisiana and a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Courts for the First Circuit. Education and career Born on January 1, 1819, in Saco, Maine, Shepley attended Harvard University, received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1837 from Dartmouth College and read law in 1839. He entered private practice in Bangor, Maine from 1839 to 1844. He continued private practice in Portland, Maine from 1844 to 1861. He served as the United States Attorney for the District of Maine from 1848 to 1849 and from 1853 to 1861. He served as a Brigadier General in the United States Army during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865. He resumed private practice in Portland from 1865 to 1866. He was a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1866 to 1867. He again resumed private practice in Portland from 1867 to 1869. Civil War service