★  Wistar, Isaac Jones

Isaac Jones Wistar

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Born: November 14, 1827

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Father: Dr. Casper Wistar 1801 – 1867
(Buried: Friends Southwestern Burial Ground, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania)​

Mother: Lydia Jones 1804 – 1878
(Buried: Friends Southwestern Burial Ground Upper Darby, Pennsylvania)​

Wife: Sarah Toland 1838 – 1895
(Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)​

Education:

Attended Harvard College​
Received Doctorate of Science at University of Pennsylvania​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania​
Participated in the California Gold Rush​
1849 – 1861: Animal Trapper, Mountaineer, Indian Fighter, Farmer​

Civil War Career:

1861: Captain in 71st​ Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment​
1861: Lt. Colonel of 71st​ Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment​
1861: Served in the Defenses of Washington D.C.​
1861: Wounded in right elbow, jaw and thigh Battle of Ball’s Bluff​
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 71st​ Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment​
1862: Wounded in the left arm at the Battle of Antietam Maryland​
1862 – 1864: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
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1863 – 1864: Union Army Commander of District of Yorktown Virginia​
1864: Briefly Division Commander in Union Army of the James​
1864: Relieved of duty in the Union Army in May​
1864: Resigned from the Union Army on September 15th​

Occupation after War:

Attorney and Noted penologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania​
Vice President of Pennsylvania Railroad Company​
Founder of Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biolog​
Inspector of Pennsylvania State Penitentiary​
President of Pennsylvania State Board of Charities​
President of American Philosophical Society​
President of Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania​

Died: September 18, 1905

Place of Death: Summer Home at Claymont, Delaware

Cause of Death: Liver and kidney disease `

Age at time of Death: 77 years old

Burial Place: Wistar Institute of Anatomy & Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 
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He succeeded Edward Baker as colonel of a regiment known as the 1st California after being wounded at Ball's Bluff.
That regiment I believe later became the 71st Pennsylvania of the Philedelphia Brigade.
It had been formed initially to give representation to California in the East, though all of its men came from the wharves of Philedelphia. When Baker died, it was decided that they'd be redesignated as Pennsylvania regiments, thus they became the famous Philedelphia Brigade, which saw great service through most of the war in the East.
 
He was releived from duty because of something he either did or neglected to do at Drewry's Bluff. He was largely responsible for the Union defeat there on May 16, 1864. What were his actions thst day?
I still can't find out exactly what he did or didn't do but but he and Heckman were partially responsible. His actions were part of the reason Gen. Charles Heckman was captured at Drewry's Bluff.Gen. Heckman was one of the officers placed under fire from the Union guns at Charleston.
 
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