Finch, Isaac E.

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Birth

ISAAC E. FINCH, son of SMITH A. and MARTHA KNOWLES FINCH, was born in Rensselaerville, September 11, 1843.


Military Service

Residence at Enlistment: Rensselaerville[1]
Place of Birth: Rensselaerville, NY[1]
Date of Birth: 11 Sept 1843[1]
Names of Parents: Smith A. (Finch) and Martha Knowles[1]
Marital Status: Single[1]
Occupation: Farmer[1]
Term of Enlistment: 3 years[1]
Bounty Received: $50.00[1]
Enlistment Date: 6 Aug. 1862
Enlistment Place: Rensselaerville, NY[2]
Enlistment Rank: Private
State Served: New York
Regiment: 7th Regiment NY Heavy Artillery[2]
Company: Company K[2]
Death Date: 30 May 1864[2]
Death Place: killed in the battle of Totopotomy Creek[2]
Place of Burial: Topotomoy Creek[1]
Additional Remarks: Enlisted at the age of 19[2] "In the Battles of Spotsylvania and Totopotomoy creek Was killed by a gunshot in Battle of Totopotomoy creek Burried there"[1]
Sources Used: Heroes of Albany; Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York for the year 1898; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War

Death

killed at Tolopotomy Creek, and buried there.

Obituary

Additional Research Notes

Heroes of Albany County

ISAAC E. FINCH, son of SMITH A. and MARTHA KNOWLES FINCH, was born in Rensselaerville, September 11, 1843. He enlisted in Seventh Regiment, Company K, August 6, 1862. He was in several battles, and was killed in the battle of Tolopotomy Creek, and buried there.

Additional Media

Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War


Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Annual Report of the Adjutant-General