The following information was provided by Aunt Ethel Biddle. Isaiah Biddle served in the Civil War and was at Gettysburg. His enlistment papers, still retained by Aunt Ethel, describe him as 5' 6" tall, blue eyes and brown hair. He was a member of Company A, of the 5th Maryland Volunteer Regiment. Upon the expiration of his enlistment he was discharged in January of 1865 with the rank of Sergeant.
Family Crest
The Biddle family crest, as pictured here within a Navy ensignia, is properly described in heraldic terms as "Argent, three double brackets sable."According to James Parker's Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry orginally published in 1894 this is the only instance of the "bracket" device in heraldry, which would account for the variations in it's shape.
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