Isham Cloyd (abt. 1832 - 1864)

Born about 1832 in Sussex, Virginia, United States

Died 8 Oct 1864 at about age 32 in Fort Monroe, Norfolk, Virginia, United States

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Isham Cloyd is a part of US Black heritage.

Private Isham Cloyd served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 16 May 1864
Mustered out: 8 Oct 1864
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 5th US Colored Infantry

Private Isham Cloyd died of wounds during the United States Civil War.

Biography

Private Isham Cloyd was born in 1832 in Sussex, Virginia. He fought in the Civil War as part of the 5th Regiment US Colored Infantry. He died of wounds received in battle on October 8, 1864, at Fort Monroe Hospital in Virginia at the age of 32. He may have had an alias of "Joe Bailey."

Research Notes

Widow Mary Bailey filed a pension application and there is a note that Isham's alias is "Joe Bailey." Several Joe Bailey's in Virginia at this time and all appear to be white. This is a mystery. Also unable to positively identify Mary Bailey.

Acknowledgements

More information on 5th Regiment United States Colored Infantry free space page - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:5th_Regiment_United_States_Colored_Infantry

Sources

• Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866, Volume I (Akron, Ohio: The Werner Company, 1893), compiled and published under the Roster Commission of the Ohio General Assembly, pages 591-592 and 594-624 (unit rosters); image copy, HathiTrust Digital Library, (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015004198746 : accessed 9 Mar 2023).
• Wikipedia: 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment
• U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 - The National Archives At Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: U.s., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group N
• https://www.nps.gov/rich/learn/historyculture/5thusct.htm
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_United_States_Colored_Infantry_Regiment