Isaac J. Walters
1837-1904
1850 Census (#1092)
1860 Census (#1051)
1880 Census (#1050)
Death certificate
(#285)
Army certificate of disability
(#999)
(Department of the Interior. Bureau of Pensions #710616, May 30, 1898).
American Civil War Soldiers: Isaac Walters , Enlistment
Date 1 Dec 1861
Side Served: Union State Served: Ohio Service Record:
Enlisted as a Private on 1 December 1861 at the age of 23.
Enlisted in Company D, 57th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 1 Dec 1861.
Received a disability discharge from Company D, 57th Infantry Regiment Ohio on
29 Sep 1863 at Camp Dennison, OH. (This date does not match the discharge date
on his certificate)
About
Regiment: 57th Infantry Regiment Ohio
Date of Organization:1 Dec 1861
Muster Date:15 Aug 1865
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident:4
Officers Died of Disease or Accident 4
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded:77
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 234
Regimental Soldiers and History:
List of Soldiers Regimental History OHIO FIFTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY
(Three Years)
Fifty-seventh Infantry. - Cols., William Mungen, Americus V. Rice; Lieut.- Col.,
Samuel R. Mott; Majs., Silas B. Walker, John McClure. This regiment was
organized at Camp Dennison, in Oct., 1861, to serve for three years. It
originally numbered 956 men and 38 commissioned officers. It left the state in
Feb., 1862, under orders to report at Fort Donelson, but when it arrived at
Smithland, Ky., the order was changed and it reported at Paducah. The regiment
suffered much from sickness and at the battle of Shiloh it had but 450 men fit
for duty. These formed and advanced until they reached the little eminence upon
which stood the Shiloh church and they held this position for 4 hours,
successfully withstanding three Confederate regiments, who left 78 dead in front
of the 57th. In three days the regiment lost 27 killed, 150 wounded (16
mortally) and 10 captured. At Rising Sun, Tenn., a detachment of 220 men from
the regiment, accompanying a supply train, was attacked by about 600 Confederate
cavalry. The enemy charged the train three times, but were repulsed each time,
and at last were driven off with a loss of 11 killed, 26 wounded and some
prisoners, horses and arms captured. The detachment lost 4 men wounded. The
regiment was ordered into camp north of Memphis, near Wolf Creek bridge, and
while there was attacked by a detachment of cavalry, but the confederates were
repulsed with a loss of 1 killed and 6 wounded, the 57th sustaining no loss. The
regiment was engaged for five days at Chickasaw bayou, where it lost 37 killed
and wounded. It led its brigade in the charge on the works at Arkansas Post and
after a desperate battle of 3 hours, during most of which time the regiment was
within go yards of the Confederate parapet, the enemy surrendered. The regiment
lost in this action 37 killed and wounded. It reached the works around Vicksburg
on May 18, and participated in a general assault on the 19th, when it advanced
under a terrific fire to within 70 yards of the Confederate line, and from this
time until the surrender it was continually engaged, either on the picket-line
or in the trenches. Then it marched upon Jackson and participated in all the
skirmishing until the Confederates evacuated the place. Being sent to East
Tennessee it anticipated in the battle of Missionary ridge, with heavy loss. In
Jan., 1864, it re-enlisted, being the first regiment to re-enlist as veterans in
the 15th corps, and after a furlough home, was present at the beginning of the
campaign against Atlanta. It participated in the battle of Resaca, where it
received three successive charges from an overwhelming force of the enemy, but
held its ground firmly. This was one of the most severe contests in which the
regiment ever engaged, its loss being 57 killed and wounded. At Dallas the enemy
made another stand and fighting continued for three days, the regiment losing 15
men. It participated in an assault on the enemy's lines at Kennesaw mountain,
gaining a position very near the Confederate works, but was compelled to abandon
it. In this engagement it lost 57 killed and wounded. At Atlanta, on July 22,
the works in the immediate front of the 57th were captured by the enemy and
recaptured by the regiment three times. The regiment was in the heat of the
engagement and lost 92 men. On the 28th it lost 12 men killed and 55 wounded. At
Jonesboro the number of killed and wounded in front of the 57th nearly equaled
the number of men in the regiment. It left Atlanta on the march to the sea,
engaged the Confederates at Statesboro, where it lost heavily; took part in the
assault on Fort McAllister, in which the regiment lost 10 killed and 80 wounded,
then started on the campaign of the Carolinas, and fought its last fight at
Bentonville, N. C. The regiment was mustered out on Aug. 15, 1865. The names of
1,594 men had been on its muster rolls, and of that number only 481 were present
at its muster out. Source: The Union Army, vol. 2
Battles Fought on 3 Mar 1862 at Paducah, KY.
Fought on 6 Apr 1862 at Shiloh, TN
Fought on 28 Dec 1862 at Chickasaw Bayou, MS.
Fought on 29 Dec 1862 at Chickasaw Bayou, MS.
Fought on 10 Jan 1863 at Arkansas Post, AR.
Fought on 11 Jan 1863 at Arkansas Post, AR.
Fought on 18 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 19 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 22 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 19 Jun 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 14 Jul 1863 at Jackson, MS.
Fought on 13 May 1864 at Resaca, GA.
Fought on 14 May 1864 at Resaca, GA.
Fought on 27 Jun 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 22 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 23 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 28 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 4 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 5 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 16 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 22 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 31 Aug 1864 at Jonesboro, GA.
Fought on 11 Oct 1864.
Fought on 2 Nov 1864 at Statesboro, GA.
Fought on 3 Dec 1864 at Statesboro, GA.
Fought on 12 Feb 1865 at Statesboro, GA.
Fought on 11 Mar 1865 at Fayetteville, NC.
Fought on 12 Mar 1865 at Fayetteville, NC.
Fought on 13 Mar 1865 at Fayetteville, NC.
Fought on 16 Mar 1865 at Waynesboro, NC.
Isaac Walters married Christina S. E. Gordon on 6 Aug. 1862.
(Marriage record Cincinnati, Hamilton Co. Probate Court 1862
(#270).
Isaac Walters discharged from Company D, 57th. Ohio Infantry 9 , stationed at
Camp Dennison, Milford, Ohio, on 9 Dec. 1864. Medical discharged with Chronic
Bronchitis. His address after discharge was Mt. Carmel, Clermont Co. Ohio.
(Army of the United States, Certificate of Disability for Discharge
(#269).
Isaac Walters married Mary Ann Robinson 14 Jul 1859
(#290a)
(#290b)
Isaac Walters is named in Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions,
Washington D. C., 15 Jan 1898
(#271)
Isaac Walters is named in Charles A. Walters death certificate
(#283)
Isaac Walters is mentioned in Marthe Walters and George Gregory, marriage
certificate
(#287)
Isaac Walters is named in son, Isaac J. Walters' death certificate.
(Bureau of Vital Statistics, Ohio
(#141)
Isaac Walters is named in Martha Walters Bible
(#292)
Isaac Walters is named in letter for military pension
(#309)
Cemetery; Laurel Cemetery, Madisonville, Ohio
