Person:Isaac Meinhard (1)

Isaac Meinhard emigrated with his parents and four siblings to the United States sometime around 1850. They settled in Savannah, Georgia.

In 1860, Isaac Meinhard was living in the Second District of Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. He was with the family of his brother, Henry Meinhard.

Isaac Meinhard enlisted as a Private on September 20, 1861, in Captain George A. Gordon's Infantry Company, the Phoenix Riflemen. He agreed to serve until February 6, 1862. He then enlisted as a Private in the Thunderbolt Battery, Company B, 13th Battalion of the Georgia Infantry on February 6, 1862. He was discharged on May 14, 1862, after finding a substitute.

Isaac and his brother Henry owned 16 slaves. The Meinhard Brothers and Company had a wholesale dry goods business in Savannah. They sold boots, shoes, and clothing. The company consisted of Henry, Isaac, and Samuel Meinhard, and Elias A. Weil.

In 1888, the company was reported to have more than one million dollars in sales each year. The MEINHARD family left a lasting legacy in Savannah. Meinhard Road is a major thoroughfare in the city. There is also a suburb of Savannah named Meinhard.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Isaac Meinhard obituary, The New York Times, New York, New York, September 19, 1909, page 11.
2.   Isaac & Henry Meinhard household, 1860 U.S. Census, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, Second District, page 129; National Archives micr.
3.   Robert N. Rosen, The Jewish Confederates (Columbia, S. Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2000)
   page 383.
4.   Isaac Markens, The Hebrews in America: a series of Historical and Biographical Sketches" (: self-published, 1888)
   page 167.