Person:Isaac May (6)

Isaac M May

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Name	Isaac M May
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	1832	Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States
Residence^[1]	1860	Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United Statescabinet maker
Military^[1]	29 Jul 1861	Indiana, United StatesCaptain, Co. A, 19th Indiana Infantry - the first Captain of the Union Guards
Military^[1]	6 Feb 1862	promoted to Full Major
Death^[1]	28 Aug 1862	Gainesville, Prince William, Virginia, United Statesage 30 - killed at Battle of Brawner Farm
Burial^[1]		Prince William, Virginia, United StatesUnmarked grave on the Battlefield at Brawner Farm

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Maj. Isaac M May, in Find A Grave.

[Includes photo of Maj. May.]
[...""He fell early in the engagement, and was buried by Seth Peden of his home company and a soldier belonging to a Wisconsin regiment. Both these men were killed soon after, and with them died all knowledge as to the spot where the Major's remains were buried." ...]
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http://www.unionguards.org/guards/pubdocs/history-then.pdf
[provides history of Company A and 2 photos of Capt. Isaac May]

"...The original captain was Isaac May, a cabinetmaker from Anderson and a native Virginian ... In an early command shakeup, the 19th’s original lieutenant colonel resigned and was replaced by the original major, Alois Bachman, and Captain May was promoted to major. Alonzo Makepeace became captain of Company A vice May. ... [at Brawner's Farm] Colonel Meredith was injured by his dying horse, and Major May, late of the Union Guards, received a fatal head wound and died on the field. ..."