{"id":56,"date":"2009-08-23T22:23:51","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T04:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2009-08-23T22:23:51","modified_gmt":"2009-08-24T04:23:51","slug":"isaac-huggins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/military\/isaac-huggins","title":{"rendered":"Isaac Huggins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contributed by Mary LeNoir<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Isaac Huggins was born January 28, 1842, in Jones County, North Carolina. \u00a0His parents were Eliza Heath and Thomas Huggins. \u00a0Eliza was born December 25, 1818, and Thomas was born in 1805. \u00a0Isaac’s grandparents were Elizabeth Hodgson, who died November 12, 1842, and Isaac Huggins who was born in 1751 in Jones County, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

When North Carolina seceded from the Union on May 21, 1861, Isaac was 20 years old. \u00a0Joining the ‘Jones Rifle Guards’ which was organized in Jones County. \u00a0He enlisted at Trenton on May 24, 1861. \u00a0He signed up as a Private in the 2nd Regiment, Infantry, State Troops. \u00a0The unit tendered its service to the state and was ordered to Camp Advance, near Garyburg, Northhampton County, NC. There it was assigned to the regiment as Company G.<\/p>\n

On the Muster Roll July 16 to October 1, 1861, he was listed present. \u00a0He also was present in November and December. \u00a0Although I found no January roll, \u00a0I saw that Major Burton gave him his pay February 28, 1862. \u00a0Through March and April he was present and on May 1, 1862, he was reported present and paid a bounty by Lt. Williams.<\/p>\n

Then from July to October 31, 1862, he was absent because he reported sick. \u00a0On August 31, 1862, he was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital No. 4 in Richmond, VA. \u00a0The hospital was an extremely large facility, constructed after the outbreak of the war. \u00a0It opened its doors October 17, 1861. \u00a0Normal occupancy was about 3,000 people in 120 building. \u00a0Those designated for patients were divided into five division. \u00a0In all, it had an ice house, soup house, bakery an soap factory, as well as operating its own farms for beef and goat herds. \u00a0Isaac was diagnosed with scrofula. \u00a0The Merck Manual says it is Tuberculouis Lymphadenitis. \u00a0Before the control of bovine TB, most tuberculosis occurred as scrofula, now rare. \u00a0Diagnosis is usually made by excision.<\/p>\n

On September 4, Private Huggins was moved to Hugnenot Springs, VA, where he was admitted September 5, 1862. \u00a0Some of the most touching and pitiful stories documented from the Civil War are tales of soldiers recovering from battle wounds and diseases. \u00a0The stories at times can be overwhelming. \u00a0Close by is a cemetery thought to hold the bodies of 250 Confederate soldiers in a mass grave. \u00a0Except for one individual who has been identified, the remainder rest unknown, their names lost to history. \u00a0From October 1 to December 31, 1862, Isaac was considered present while still being attached to the hospital at Huguenot Springs, VA.<\/p>\n

From January to February, 1863, he was listed as present but a Bounty was due him. \u00a0Then, from March to April, 1863, the private was listed as present although he had not been paid since February 28, 1863. \u00a0In May and June, 1863, he was still unpaid.<\/p>\n

On May 3, 1863, Isaac was wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville, VA. \u00a0The campaign at Chancellorsville lasted from April 30 to May 6, 1863. \u00a0Estimated casualties were 24,000 total (US 14,000; CS 10,000). \u00a0On May 3, the Confederates attacked with both wings of the Army and massed their artillery at Hazel Grove. \u00a0This finally broke the Chancellorsville. \u00a0Major General Joseph Hooker (US) withdrew a mile and entrenched in a defensive “U” with his back to the river at United States Ford. \u00a0Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded. \u00a0This battle was considered by many historians to be Lee’s greatest victory. \u00a0From July to August he was reported absent due to being wounded. \u00a0Isaac was awarded the Roll of Honor by the Adjutant General of the State of NC. \u00a0He sustained a gunshot wound to the right ankle and was admitted May 11, 1862 to Chimborazo Hospital No. 3, at Richmond, VA. \u00a0On May 23, he was transferred to Salisbury. \u00a0From May to June, 1863 he was still absent from being wounded, still had not been paid since February 28th. \u00a0However, on November 26, 1863 he was paid for the period of service from March 1 to October 31, 1863 the sum of $88 by J.F. Devine. \u00a0I have Isaac’s signature where he signed fro the money. \u00a0Then he was absent from July to August 1863. \u00a0September 1, 1863 he was furlough September to December, 1863. \u00a0Sounds like to me that he finally got a run of decent health. \u00a0No doubt the trip back to Jones County, North Carolina had a healing effect on him.<\/p>\n

September 17th, Isaac was listed absent because he was detailed by order of General Robert E. Lee, to report to Provo Marshal Office, as a Guard at Liberty, VA. \u00a0Isaac was listed on a Roll of non-commissioned officers and privates that were employed on extra duty from January to October, 1864 as an Ambulance Driver. \u00a0His service as an Ambulance Driver lasted from January 1 to June 28, 1864 when he was discharged.<\/p>\n

Dated August 18, 2003<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Contributed by Mary LeNoir Isaac Huggins was born January 28, 1842, in Jones County, North Carolina. \u00a0His parents were Eliza Heath and Thomas Huggins. \u00a0Eliza was born December 25, 1818, and Thomas was born in 1805. \u00a0Isaac’s grandparents were Elizabeth Hodgson, who died November 12, 1842, and Isaac Huggins who was born in 1751 in … Continue reading “Isaac Huggins”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":29,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}