Summary of Isaac Sylvestor Fogel's Civil War Service
Isaac Sylvestor Fogel's Civil War Service
FOGLE, ISAAC S., age (at death) 67, CO. D. 5TH PA CAV.
His rank was: PRIVATE [1] OR his rank was: CORPORAL [2]
Civil War START: Ft. Sumpter, Charleston, SC, Apr. 13, 1861
Enlisted 7/30/61, [3]
..."Isaac S. Fogle...Pvt Co D, 5th Calvary, 65th Pennsylvania Volunteers,
"Cameron Dragons".
Mustered July 30, 1861.
...assigned duty with Smith's Div., Army of the Potomac;
Flint Hill & Hunter's Mill 2-7-1862,
Fairfax C & H 2-7,
Vinea... duty near Alexandria Mar-Apr 7,
ordered to Yorktown 5-8,
scout duties near Williamsburg, Mechanicsville 5-24,
attached to 7th Corps Dept. Va. 7-6,
duty with 4th Corps 8-6,
Williamsburg, Ft. Magruder 9-9,
Savage Station 9-29,
reconn from York Town 12-11,
exp. to Indiantown and action 2-7 & 8-1863,
burnt ordinary 1-19 to 2-6.
Williamsburg 3-29,
Whittaker's Mill 4-1,
Stoney Creek Station West Point 5-7.
Nine Mile Ordinary 6-14,
Diascan's Bridge 6-20,
Baltimore Crossroads 6-20,
Brahamsville 6-28,
Wistar's Brigade. Dept. of Virginia July,
Baltimore Store 7-1,
Bottom's Bridge 7-2 to 8-29
New Kent C.H. 8-28,
South Mills, N.C. 9-3
Indiantown, Va. 9-15 to 20th,
Coinjoick Bridge 10-1,
Carnpden C.H. 10-17,
ordered to Yorktown and assigned to 2nd Brig., 2nd Div. 18th Corps.,
Discharged from the Potomac army Dec. 31 1863, [4]
Reinlisting as a VV [Vet. Vol.] in Great Bridge Virginia Jan 1 1864, [4]
Exr toward Rich�mond 2-1864,
Bottoms Bridge 2-4,
recomm to Ballahack 3-5,
dismissed Swamp Canal 3-1,
Raid on K&W RR 5-4 to 12th,
Blackwater 5-6,
Stoney Creek Station 5-7,
Jarrettes Station 5-9,
Nattoway Bridge 5-9,
raid on R&D RR 5-12 to 17th,
Coalfield Station 5-13,
Powhatan Station 5-14.
Richmond, VA campaign June 13 -- July 31 1864 [5]
1st Brigade Kaut's Div.,Calvary Dept. of Va. & N.C. 6-6,
Petersburg 6-9 to 15th,
Roanoke Station 6-20 to 25th,
Place Captured: REAMS STATION VA. [1]
Date Captured: 6/29/1864 [1]
Captured Stony Creek Station, Virginia 6/29/64, [3]
He was captured on June [?31?] 1864, [4]
[Stony Creek Station is approx 10.6 miles south of Reams Station.]
Report from August V. Kautz, Brid. Gen. of Vols., Chief of CAV. [5]
Troops: Killed: Wounded: Missing: Total:
1st Brigade:
3rd NY CAV 2 1 82 85
5th PA CAV 1 3 165 169
Reams Station 6-29,
Prisoner of War 6-29,
confined at Confederate Prison at Andersonville, GA. 7-5 to 11-2,
Held at Andersonville Georgia for 4 months [4]
[SEE Note (1)]
Then held at Florence South Carolina for 5 months [4]
[SEE Note (2)]
ANDERSONVILLE SURVIVOR; STILL LIVING IN 1902. [1]
at Race Course, Charleston, S.C. 11-3 to 11-12,
ALSO HELD AT FOORENCE AND CHARLESTON SC. [1]
Florence S.C. 11-14-1864 to 2-22-1865,
Goldbough N.C. 2-24 to 2-28,
Paroled Williamtown N.C. 3-1-1865,
Paroled and sent to Annapolis Md [4]
Civil War END: April 9, 1865, Appomattox Courthouse
Mustered out 8/7/65. [3]
Mustered 8-7-1865 at Richmond, Va.
- Veteran
Isaac belonged to the Henry Metcalf Post No. 432 of the Grand
Army of the Republic [GAR] after the war....
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UNfootnoted information was taken from a copy of pages 108-110 of
GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF DOROTHY MARIE FOGLE.
(A crest (Thumbnail above), embossed on White leather with Gold lettering,
contains the above account of Isaac Sylvester Fogle's service in the Civil
War.)
(These pages were furnished to Karl by the National Parks Service
from Andersonville Prison NHS, in response to his request for
information about POW Isaac Sylvester Fogel)
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NOTES extracted from URL: http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/
(1)"September 5, 1864
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Under orders of Adjutant General Samuel Cooper, the long awaited mass transfer
of Union prisoners begins from Camp Sumter (Andersonville) to Charleston and
Florence, South Carolina, and Savannah and Millen, Georgia, reducing the inmate
population at Andersonville from 33,000 to 5,000 by October.
(2)"Camp Florence Confederate Prison was open for five months from September
1864 to February 1865."
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footnotes:[1] Results of an internet search:
Info found at URL = http://www.montezuma-ga.org/chamber/prisoner.asp?code=40683
SEE Isaac Fogel's Andersonville Record
[2] Page 440 of book: Q974.851 H673, St. Louis County library genealogy section
[3] E-mail from Margaret Atkinson, Secretary, [?GAR history organization?],
reporting on some volunteer research "at the library". "We did check Bates
History of PA. Volunteers and found the [above listed] information. He was in
Co. 5th PA Cav (not the 4th)"
[4] E-mail from Sue Benedetti reporting some Fogel family hand written notes
in the back of a book about the Parson family.
[5] Many Reports in SERIES I, VOL. 40, PART I (Reports) of "Official Records
of the Union and Confederate Armies in The War of Rebellion"
-- Isaac S. Fogel is NOT mentioned but his unit is mentioned and the Ream's
Station Engagement is well reported.