{⋆★⋆} BG St. John, Isaac Munroe

Isaac Munroe St. John​

Born: November 19, 1827

Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia

Father: Isaac Richards St. John 1800 – 1880

Mother: Abigail Richardson Munroe 1805 – Unknown

Wife: Eleanor J. Carrington 1838 – 1916

(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

Children:

Eleanor Munroe St. John 1862 – 1870​

(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

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Josephine Bonnycastle St. John 1869 – 1885​

(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

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Caroline Munroe St. John 1871 – 1871​

(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

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Rosalie Munroe St. John Herndon 1872 – 1948​

(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)​

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Abby St. John Starke 1876 – 1955​

(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)​

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Education:

1845: Graduated from Yale University​

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Occupation:

1845 – 1847: Attorney in Baltimore, Maryland​

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1847 – 1848: Editor of Baltimore Patriot Newspaper​

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1848 – 1855: Civil Engineer Baltimore and Ohio Railroad​

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1855 – 1861: Civil Engineer of Blue Ridge Railroad Company​

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Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Engineer in the Army of the Peninsula​

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1862: Chief Engineer & Captain to John B. Magruder​

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1862 – 1865: Confederate Chief Bureau of Nitre​

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1862 – 1863: Major in the Confederate Army Artillery​

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1863 – 1864: Lt. Colonel CSA Nitre and Minning Corps​

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1864 – 1865: Colonel CSA Nitre and Minning Corps​

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1865: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army​

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1865: Paroled at Thomasville, Georgia by Union Army​

Occupation after War:

1866 – 1869: Chief Engineer Louisville, Cincinnati Lexington Railroad​

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City Engineer for Louisville, Kentucky​

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Civil Engineer for Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad​

Died: April 7, 1880

Place of Death: The Greenbrier Resort, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Cause of Death: Pneumonia

Age at time of Death: 52 years old

Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia

 

[John Hartwell]

[Memphis Public Ledger, April 12, 1880]​

 

[Pollaco]

His last achievement is listed as Commisary General of Subsistence on Feb. 16, 1865. What exactly does that title mean?

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Isaac M. St. John! Salutes remembering General St. John on his birthday.

 

[Seduzal]

His last achievement is listed as Commisary General of Subsistence on Feb. 16, 1865. What exactly does that title mean?

It means one who provides food for the troops.

 

[Pollaco]

He started out the war as a private in the Fort Hill Guards.

 

[Pollaco]

St. John tried to resign as head of the Nitre and Mining Bureau on January 31, 1864 because the C.S. Senate accused him of protecting draft dodgers.His resignation was refused and charges against him were proven to be untrue.He was promoted to Colonel later that year.He was promoted to Brigadier by a special act of C.S. Congress on Feb. 16, 1865.