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Isaac J. Walters 1837-1904
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Isaac Walters
was the son of Samuel C. Walters and Lavina Walters. He was born on 8 Aug
1837 in MIlford, Clermont County, Ohio. Isaac first married Mary Ann Robinson on 14 Jul 1859.
They had a son Samuel
Military - Isaac enlisted in Company D, 57th Infantry Regiment, Ohio, on 1 Dec 1861. Below you can follows the history of the 57th during the time period Isaac served with the unit. The 57th Infantry officers were Cols., William Mungen and Americus V. Rice; Lieutenant- Col., Samuel R. Mott; Majs., Silas B. Walker and John McClure. The regiment was organized at Camp Dennison, near Milford, Clermont County, Ohio on Oct. 1861. The unit was to serve for three years. It originally numbered 956 men and 38 commissioned officers.
The 57th left the state in Feb., 1862, under orders to report at Fort Donelson, in Tennessee but when they arrived at Smithland, Kentucky the order was changed and they marched to Paducah. The regiment suffered much from sickness and at the battle of Shiloh (Pittsburgh Landing) they had but 450 men fit for duty. These men 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, Tennessee 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 repelled 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 they were attacked by a detachment of cavalry, but the confederates were repulsed with a loss of 1 killed and 6 wounded, the 57th sustaining no losses. 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 several yards of the Confederate parapet, the enemy surrendered. The regiment lost 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 losses 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. From "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 2 |
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Isaac Walter's discharge certificate states he was discharged with a disability for Chronic Bronchitis and he was unfit for duty the last 11 months of service. He was discharged at Camp Dennison on 24 November 1864 and gave his address as Mt. Carmel, Clermont County, Ohio. The 57th regiment was mustered out on 15 Aug 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. The following is a list of places the 57th fought.
Battles Fought on 3 Mar 1862 at Paducah, KY.
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Walters in April 1860. Mary Robinson died on 5 Apr 1860
in Lexington, Kentucky. Birth and death dates seem to indicate she may have died
during the birth of Samuel. Isaac next
married Christina Elisabeth Gordon 1846-1924 on 6 Aug 1862 in
Newtown, Hamilton County, Ohio. Christina Gordon was the daughter of John
Gordon and Sarah Jane Hahn. Isaac
was working as a farm laborer on the 1860 census. Isaac Walters died
22 Dec 1904 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio and is buried in Laurel
Cemetery, Madisonville, Hamilton County, Ohio. Isaac served in the Union
Army during the Civil War. Christina applied for and was granted a
pension, certificate number 710616, from Isaacs service.
The witnesses to her signature on her pension application were her
daughter 
