Soldier: Isaiah Sipes
Regiment: 26th. OVI
Company: E
Age: 24
Date Entering Service: 6/14/1861
Period of Service: 3 years 2 months 23 days
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Discharged 4/10/1864. Sustained gunshot wound to right eye during the battle at Chickamauga.
Battles in which he fought:
Battle of Shilo, Tennessee 4/6-7/1862
Siege at Corinth, Mississippi 5/30/1862
Battle of Perryville, Kentucky 10/8/1862
Battle of Stone River, Tennessee 12/31/1862 - 1/2/1863
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia 9/19-20/1863
Battle of Mission River, Tennessee 11/25/1863
Other interesting information discovered:
Isaiah Sipes was born in Marion, Ohio on 7/2/1837. On 10/7/1866 Isaiah married Mary Ann Bradford, together they had four children. It appears that Isaiah lived and farmed in the Cardington, Ohio area most of his life.
Date of Death: 7/25/1903 Place of burial: Bethel Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio
Adopted By: Researcher: Velda L Montgomery