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- Apr 11, 2016
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- Upcountry South Carolina
Isaac Ridgeway Trimble:
Born: May 15, 1802Birthplace: Culpepper County Virginia
Father: John Trimble 1745 – 1810
Mother: Rachel Ridgeway 1763 – 1810
Wives:
1st Wife: Maria Cattell Presstman Unknown – 1855
(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery Baltimore Maryland)
Married: July 4, 1831
2nd Wife: Anne Ferguson Presstman 1816 – 1880
(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery Baltimore Maryland)
Married: 1855
Children:
David Churchman Trimble 1832 – 1888
(Buried: Wye House Cemetery Easton Maryland)
William Presstman Trimble 1836 – 1912
Isaac Ridgeway Trimble Jr. 1860 – 1908
Education:
1822: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (17th out of 42)
Occupation:
1822 – 1832: Served in United States Army rising to 2nd Lt.
Helped Survey the route of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Construction Engineer for Boston and Providence Railroad
Chief Engineer for Pennsylvania Railroad
1859 – 1861: Superintendent of Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Civil War Career:
1861: Confederate States Colonel of Confederate Engineers
1861 – 1863: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1862: Participated in Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign
1862: Participated in Seven Days Campaign
1862: Wounded in the leg during the Second Battle of Bull Run
1863 – 1865: Major General of Confederate Army Infantry
1863: Commander of Valley District in the Shenandoah Valley
1863: Served on Lt. General Richard Ewell's Staff
1863: One of the Division Commanders in Pickett's Charge Gettysburg
1863: Wounded in the left leg during the Battle of Gettysburg
1863 – 1865: Prisoner of War held by Union Army at Fort Warren
1865: Paroled by the Union Army in Lynchburg Virginia
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1888: Engineer in Baltimore Maryland
Died: January 2, 1888
Place of Death: Baltimore Maryland
Cause of Death: Bronchitis, Pneumonia of three week's duration
Age at time of Death: 85 years old
Burial Place: Green Mount Cemetery Baltimore Maryland
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