TRIMBLE, Isaac Ridgeway

Confederate

Born: May 15 1802, Culpeper Cty VA

Died: January 2 1888, Baltimore MD

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1822, artillery duty, resigned 1852, engineer and railroad superintendent.

War Service: 1861 destroyed bridges north of Baltimore, May 1861 Col. of engineers in Virginia state forces, August 1861 Brig. Gen., commanded Trimble's Bde/Ewell's Divn in Shenandoah Valley campaign, Seven Days, Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas (w), attached as aide to Ewell in Gettysburg campaign, given command of Pender's division at Gettysburg (w,c), not exchanged until February 1865, then promoted Maj. Gen. but unable to rejoin the army before its surrender.

Post War: After the war, Trimble, equipped with an artificial leg, returned to Baltimore, Maryland, to resume his engineering work.