Trimble, Isaac Ridgeway

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Isaac Ridgeway Trimble:​

Born: May 15, 1802
Birthplace: 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