Isaac Newton Leonard was born around 1842 in Rhode Island. By the early 1860s, he was living in Norwich, Connecticut.

 

enlisted in the Union army on April 25, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company D of the 3^rd Connecticut Infantry on May 11. The regiment took part in the First Battle of Manassas. He mustered out on August 12, 1861. He returned to the Union army on November 10, 1862, mustering in as a sergeant in Company B of the 26^th Connecticut Infantry. The regiment took part in the siege of Port Hudson. He was promoted to 2^nd lieutenant on August 11, 1863, and he mustered out six days later.

 

He returned to Norwich after leaving the army, and he earned a living as a “retailer dealer.” He married a woman named Ella, and they had at least two children: Ernest, born around 1867; and Ella, born around 1878. In the late 1860s, they moved to Virginia and then to Elizabeth, New Jersey. He worked as a jeweler, and by 1870, he owned $500 of personal property. He moved to Newark, New Jersey, in the 1870s, and he earned a living as an “agent for Cyclopedia.” He probably died in the 1880s.  

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