Isaac enlisted 1/30/1864, and was discharged 7/25/1865. The principal battles he was involved in were, Ringgold, Rock Face Gap, Resaca, Kennesaw Mtn. and Vining Station. He was shot through the wrist at Kennesaw Mtn, but remained with his company in the field. At Vining Station he was shot in the right arm, and the ball went through his lungs and exited out of his ribs. To make matters worse, Isaac laid on the field all night and throught most of the next day until they found him. He was given no chance of survival by the company surgeon and shipped to the hosiptal at Marietta. But he did survive and he recovered enough to be transfered to the Veteran Reserve Corp. While serving garrison duty in Michigan, he contracted small pox, but somehow survived this deadly disease. For all his troubles the war caused him, years later, Uncle Sam gave him a handsome $4 a month.
But Isaac, after the war, opened a stone quarry and ran a farm with his brother Henry, who also survived the war. He never married, and he passed away in 1905 a wealthy man.
But Isaac, after the war, opened a stone quarry and ran a farm with his brother Henry, who also survived the war. He never married, and he passed away in 1905 a wealthy man.
Isaac enlisted 1/30/1864, and was discharged 7/25/1865. The principal battles he was involved in were, Ringgold, Rock Face Gap, Resaca, Kennesaw Mtn. and Vining Station. He was shot through the wrist at Kennesaw Mtn, but remained with his company in the field. At Vining Station he was shot in the right arm, and the ball went through his lungs and exited out of his ribs. To make matters worse, Isaac laid on the field all night and throught most of the next day until they found him. He was given no chance of survival by the company surgeon and shipped to the hosiptal at Marietta. But he did survive and he recovered enough to be transfered to the Veteran Reserve Corp. While serving garrison duty in Michigan, he contracted small pox, but somehow survived this deadly disease. For all his troubles the war caused him, years later, Uncle Sam gave him a handsome $4 a month.
But Isaac, after the war, opened a stone quarry and ran a farm with his brother Henry, who also survived the war. He never married, and he passed away in 1905 a wealthy man.
But Isaac, after the war, opened a stone quarry and ran a farm with his brother Henry, who also survived the war. He never married, and he passed away in 1905 a wealthy man.
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