The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-29
Program of study No. 3.

With Lee and Jackson in Virginia from the Spring of 1882 to the Battle of Fredericksburg. December of same year"
 Jacksons valley campaign.
 Winchester-McDowell Cross Keys, Port Republic. Result of the months campaign.
 Mcclellan before Richmond. Seven Pines, General Joseph F. Johnston, ]. F. R. Stuarts ride around Mcclellan, Seven. Days Fight. Second Battle of Manassas, Ewell. Longstreet. Pope.
 Lee in Maryland, Sharpsburg, Freder- icksburg. Mcclellan. Burnside
 At the suggestion of the State His torian of Daughters, and on the re- | quest of the Historian of the Mildred Lee Chapter of Sheffield, Ala, the fol- lowing notes are contributed by Mrs. T. L. Fossick, being a short account of l the army record of her uncles, in whose service as soldiers she joined the Chapter
 The Isbell Brothers.
 The subject of this sketch were born at the family residence near Russell vile, Franklin County, Ala, being the sons of wealthy parents, they had re- ceived the rearing and culture given the sons of the Old South At the bugle's call, see how quickly they don ned the uniform of grey and went forth lO meet utdtH III lHt StFuBBle they thought was for right, and which We of today will teach to our children's children was right and will leave to them to guard its traditions as a sacred heritage till the last reVeille calls to meet the grey and the blue in that final judgment where truth, not might, will prevail for ever more.
 William A. Isbell enlisted in the summer of 1881, and was elected third lientanDnf of his which form = cd part of the 27th Alabama. At first this regiment was armed with double barreled shot guns-squirrel rihes-and weapons of primitive warfare. It was ordered to Fort Henry, of the Tennes- see River. When this fort was evac- uated William Isboll was in command of his company, the other officers be- ing absent. Most of the company was sick with measles. Lieutenant Isbell collected wagons, horses and other conveyances and reached Fort Donel- son with all his sick. When this fort fell, William Isbell, being an officer, he was separated from his men and sent to St. Louis; he was sick when captured, so, on reaching the city, he was sent to a military hospital. His name appeared in a city paper as a new arrival at the hospital. and was seen by a lady of the city, Mrs. Agnes Henankamp, whom he had known in his youth She made immediate appli- cation to take him to her house, which was granted, and here he speedily re- gained his health In this home he met some wealthy ladies. who were Southern sympathizers, and they had made and presented to him a handsome uniform of grey, which he wore in leaV- ing for prison on Johnson's Island, In Lake Erie Here also the attentions of a lady friend secured for him every comfort allowed to prisoners This lady was Miss Mary Sleight of Troy, N Y. At the breaking out of the war she was teaching at Russellville, Ala.' and was patronized by the 1sbell fam ily. For many years she kept up correspondence with Mrs. Isbell. and the family have ever remembered her with lasting gratitude After Lieuten- ant Isbell was exchanged, he was uhah- imously elected captain of his company and was sent to Nicksburg, MISS. ne was with General Pemberton in the sortie from Vicksburg that culminated in the battles around Champion Hllls' and was mortally wounded at Bakers Creek near Champion Hilis, Marcn lo' 1863 dying next day, aged SS years Captain Isbell was considered the high- est type of manhood, and was greatly beloved by all who knew hlm' After receiving his death wound litter was made and he WIS carried along with inc retreating army till his death He was buried in private garden anu anu the four men 1etailed to bury nm were captured at his grave. The Feo- erals were so struck with their deVo- ton to their captain that they were paroled on the spot. l., .ho
 George Louis Isbell enlisted In the sprirg of 1881, with Captain, afterwafGs Colonel J. w. Harris; his company made nar. of the 18th Alabama. This resl- ment was ordered to Knoxville. Ienh.' and afterwards sent to Cumberland Gap and formed part of Zolliconers army, taking part in the battle Of Fishing Creek, also called battle of Mill spring Ky, where General Zollicoffer was Kill ed George Isbell had recently been cadet at Lagrange Military Academy, bu. was at home when he enlisted. After the fighting at Fishing Creek the troops were johed to General A. S. Johnston and were in the battle of Shiloh, where young Ishen was killed in the thickest of the fight on Sur day, April 6, .lS62, aged 20 years
 H,nry Isbe1l joined his brother. Will Hams company at RussellviUe In lSSL