I know that Isaiah escaped in December of 1864 but where did he go?
like did he return home did he stay in hiding until the war ended to find out
Kelly is heading back to Atlanta to see what new information Tim Orr has been
able to turn up so I learned a ton at Andersonville and then I kind of ended
there learning that he escaped so I remembered you saying you were
gonna do some research I was just curious if you found anything well the
best source we have that are called the pension files there are sources that
describe soldiers infirmities after the war and I have a document that I think
you'll find interesting very cool declaration for an invalid pension honor
about January 11th 1865 while making his escape from the rebel prison and while
approaching the Union lines Isaiah Rose was wounded by a member of the 33rd
Indiana infantry oh my god he's shot so it would seem
who mistook him for a rebel soldier or scout he was shot by his own that sucks
to get back that is horrible there's a spot of bad luck oh man this
shows you exactly where the bullet went in yep this is an examining surgeon
certificate the examination reveals the following conditions we find the scar of
the gunshot wound of the left leg scar three inches long ball entered about
four inches above the knee he says he has pains when walking or standing
disability permanent man to be so young and be disabled you
know so quickly like in any of your whole life kind of ahead of you that
would have been really intense you know there's this Patty Griffin song like I
won't ever give up that's the name of the song and it's like it totally runs
and that's one of my favorite songwriters and it's cool like that was
him quite a being I'm related to so mm-hmm
whoo yeah I mean he seems fairly indestructible you know and I often like
to think about it this way it's also we want to remember the the accomplishments
they that generation made yeah the long run they freed four million Americans
kept in bondage and they preserve the government where the people decide who
leads them and you know the fact that that government still stands today when
I can participate in it is an incredible legacy I think what's really amazing and
why I'm so emotional about it is I just got to perform at an inauguration for a
man that would have never been able to be president if it weren't for this
accra face of mine you know three-times-great-grandfather mm-hmm I'm
so crying about it but it's just it's happy tears I'm just so emotional
because it's like I wish and I hope you know somewhere not only my
three-times-great-grandfather but all this people know like what they fought
for mattered I think if you were alive today Isaiah Rose would be quite proud
of his great-great-great granddaughter
Isaiah Rose was a patriot from 61 when he's first volunteered whenever Lincoln
called for volunteers he did it he stayed in the war the entire time he
mustered out and you know 65 and and mustered had a hero you know he survived
so much and helped keep these United States these United States I'm
definitely starting to feel the connection and feel like I'm you know I
am you know Isaiah Rose is three-times great-granddaughter because you know I'm
still a patriot my own sense like I still feel like I know what is right and
what is wrong in my heart and I go for it regardless and that had to have come
from a long line you know of people that believe like that I'm just really
grateful that that that's my past
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