Regiment Records

Here is a copy of the regiment records. It tells of the battles that the regiment participated in. Page 183 records information about Isaiah. There is no mention of his being wounded or captured. John Biddle a regiment musician was captured at Winchester. From this information the only way Isaiah could have been at Gettysburg would be is he had become attached to another regiment while his had been disbanded. The battle at Winchester preceded Gettysburg by just over two weeks and Isaiah would have had to travel only 86 miles in two weeks to have been at Gettysburg. However, it does not appear that his regiment was there as an active unit.

There was never indication that Isaiah participated in anything but a reserve and supporting role at Gettysburg.

However, from this regiment history, they were in the thick of the fighting at Antietam. Bloody Lane was considered a horrendous party of the fight. When we studied the Civil War in school there were some shocking pictures of the bodies piled up at Bloody Lane.

I'm continuing the search. - Dad