★  Rodman, Isaac Peace

Isaac Peace Rodman

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Born: August 18, 1822
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Birthplace: South Kingstown, Rhode Island

Father: Samuel Rodman 1800 – 1882
(Buried: Brig. General Isaac P. Rodman Lot, South Kingstown, Rhode Island)​

Mother: Mary Peckham 1803 – 1853
(Buried: Brig. General Isaac P. Rodman Lot, South Kingstown, Rhode Island)​

Wife: Sally Lyman Arnold 1826 – 1899
(Buried: Brig. General Isaac P. Rodman Lot, South Kingstown, Rhode Island)​

Children:

Isaac Peace Rodman Jr. 1848 – 1911​
(Buried: Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, New Jersey)​
Sally Lyman Rodman Thompson 1850 – 1934​
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, South Kingstown, Rhode Island)​
Mary Peckham Rodman 1852 – 1915​
(Buried: Brig. General Isaac P. Rodman Lot, South Kingstown, Rhode Island)​

Samuel Rodman 1854 – 1856​
(Buried: Brig. General Isaac P. Rodman Lot, South Kingstown, Rhode Island)​
Thomas Rodman 1856 – 1950​
(Buried: Brig. General Isaac P. Rodman Lot, South Kingstown, Rhode Island)​
Lillie Rodman 1858 – 1864​
(Buried: Brig. General Isaac P. Rodman Lot, South Kingstown, Rhode Island)​
Samuel Arnold Rodman 1858 – 1943​
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, South Kingstown, Rhode Island)​

Occupation before War:

President of South Kingstown, Rhode Island, Town Council​
Rhode Island State Representative and State Senator​
Director of Wakefield Bank and Institution of Savings​

Civil War Career:

1861: Captain in 2nd Rhode Island Infantry Regiment​
1861: Served in the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia​
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 4th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment​
1862: Served in the Battle of Roanoke Island, North Carolina​
1862: Served in the Battle of New Bern, North Carolina​
1862: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers​
1862: Served in the Battle of Fort Macon, North Carolina​
1862: Suffered from the Effects of Typhoid Fever​

Died: September 30, 1862

Place of South: South Kingstown, Rhode Island

Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever

Age at time of Death: 40 years old

Burial Place: Brig. General Isaac P. Rodman Lot, South Kingstown, Rhode Island

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Actually the typhoid fever probably had little to do with Rodman's death, he was struck through the left lung by one of A.P. Hills soldiers in the counterrattack at Antietam. His division had just crossed the creek at Snavely's Ford and was driving west into Sharpsburg when attacked. Rodman galloped across a cornfield to warn his brigade commanders when struck.
 
It was while he was serving as military governor in the Beufort, North Carolina area that he contacted typhoid. This was a position that General Burnside helped procure for him. When he returned to the army several months later he was given a division in Burnside's Corps for the Maryland Campaign.
 
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