Brig. Gen. Issac P. Rodman
Born: August 18, 1822
South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Died: September 30, 1862
Sharpsburg, Maryland
Mortally Wounded at Antietam
Captain:
Colonel: October 3, 1861
Brig. Gen: April 28, 1862
Raised a group of local residents for the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry regiment and was given the rank of Captain
July 21, 1861: Battle of Bull Run
October 3, 1861: Appointed Colonel by Rhode Island Governor William Sprague
February 8, 1862: Battle of Roanoke Island
March 14, 1862: Battle of New Berne
March 23 - April 26, 1862: Siege of Fort Macon
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April 28, 1862: Promoted to Brigadier General
After the fall of Fort Macon, contracted typhoid fever and returned to South Kingstown
September 14, 1862: Battle of South Mountain
September 17, 1862: Battle of Antietam - Mortally wounded when shot through the left lung.
September 30, 1862: Dies from wound in field hospital at Sharpsburg, Maryland
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1959. p 707
Warner, Ezra J. General in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1967. p 409-410
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