Isaac Newton Himes
Isaac Newton Himes was born on December 4, 1834, in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, to George and Joanna Himes. According to an early biographer, his father was a “man of wealth and prominence.” Himes graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and he earned a living as a doctor. He worked at Bellevue Hospital in New York City from 1856 until 1857.
 
In October 1861, he received a commission as assistant surgeon in the 73rd Ohio Infantry. He was promoted to surgeon in December 1861. The regiment took part in the Second Battle of Manassas, the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Battle of Gettysburg, the Chattanooga campaign, the Atlanta campaign, and the March to the Sea. In July 1863, he described Gettysburg as the “severest battle that I have yet been in.” He mustered out on December 31, 1864.
 
After the war, he reportedly “studied in Europe” and “practiced medicine [in] San Francisco.” By 1870, he was living in Southampton, Pennsylvania, and he owned $20,500 of real estate. He moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1870s, and he worked as a professor at Cleveland Medical College. He married Mary Vincent on September 24, 1878. In 1881, he became a professor at Western Reserve College. He died of angina pectoris in Cleveland on April 1, 1895.
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(4198)Himes, Isaac Newton1834-12-041895-04-01
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Assistant Surgeon
  • Rank out: Surgeon
  • Rank highest: Surgeon
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (11661) [writer] ~ Isaac N. Himes to Unknown, 8 November 1864

Places - Records: 2

  • (3578) [birth] ~ Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
  • (126) [death] ~ Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (143) [officer] ~ 73rd Ohio Infantry
SOURCES

1870 and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Ohio County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; College Student Lists, 1763-1924, available from Ancestry.com; Ohio Select County Death Records, 1840-1908, available from Ancestry.com; U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, available from Ancestry.com; Chillicothe (OH) Gazette, 3 April 1895; Ronald D. Kirkwood, “Too Much for Human Endurance”: The George Spangler Farm Hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg (El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2019)