Soldier:  Isaiah Sipes

Regiment:         26^th. 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