Co C 8th Cav∼Isaiah Harper was 6' 4" tall, had a dark complexion, dark hair and blue eyes; he was a farmer. Isaiah & Marena Minerva Coffey were married in Parke Co., Indiana on 24 June 1849. They had 6 children: Mary A., Susan Ann, Allen, Leroy, Clayburn and John.
Isaiah was a Union soldier during the Civil War. He was 36 years old when he became ill with Typhoid Fever after returning home at Camp Morton. The camp was a Union military training ground and a Union prisoner-of-war camp in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, during the American Civil War.
Since the prisoner-of-war camp was filled to capacity with Confederate prisoners, Isaiah was sent home on sick furlough to recuperate from Typhoid. Shortly after arriving home, he contracted pneumonia and died a few days later, leaving behind his wife, and six small children.
Isaiah was a Union soldier during the Civil War. He was 36 years old when he became ill with Typhoid Fever after returning home at Camp Morton. The camp was a Union military training ground and a Union prisoner-of-war camp in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, during the American Civil War.
Since the prisoner-of-war camp was filled to capacity with Confederate prisoners, Isaiah was sent home on sick furlough to recuperate from Typhoid. Shortly after arriving home, he contracted pneumonia and died a few days later, leaving behind his wife, and six small children.
Co C 8th Cav∼Isaiah Harper was 6' 4" tall, had a dark complexion, dark hair and blue eyes; he was a farmer. Isaiah & Marena Minerva Coffey were married in Parke Co., Indiana on 24 June 1849. They had 6 children: Mary A., Susan Ann, Allen, Leroy, Clayburn and John.
Isaiah was a Union soldier during the Civil War. He was 36 years old when he became ill with Typhoid Fever after returning home at Camp Morton. The camp was a Union military training ground and a Union prisoner-of-war camp in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, during the American Civil War.
Since the prisoner-of-war camp was filled to capacity with Confederate prisoners, Isaiah was sent home on sick furlough to recuperate from Typhoid. Shortly after arriving home, he contracted pneumonia and died a few days later, leaving behind his wife, and six small children.
Isaiah was a Union soldier during the Civil War. He was 36 years old when he became ill with Typhoid Fever after returning home at Camp Morton. The camp was a Union military training ground and a Union prisoner-of-war camp in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, during the American Civil War.
Since the prisoner-of-war camp was filled to capacity with Confederate prisoners, Isaiah was sent home on sick furlough to recuperate from Typhoid. Shortly after arriving home, he contracted pneumonia and died a few days later, leaving behind his wife, and six small children.
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Isaiah Harper
Company C, 6th
Indiana Cavalry
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