postmaster receives letters addressed to her written 153 years ago by a Civil War soldier

His Childhood

Shepherd came to this world in the early 1840s and spent his childhood in Grass Lake, Michigan with his family. There were more surprising details about Nelson Shepherd that he was going to uncover. Shortly after, Kochersperger found that Shepherd had committed burglary before the occurrence of the Civil War and even served for a short term in Jackson State Prison. It was just the tip of the iceberg.