Isaac Derwin (1852 - 1877)

Born 1852 in York, South Carolina, United States

Died 30 Jul 1877 at about age 25 in Lynn, Texas, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Isaac Derwin is a part of US Black heritage.

Private Isaac Derwin was born in 1852. ^{[1] [2]}

He died in the Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Private Derwin has a memorial cenotaph in the Morton Memorial Cemetery, Morton, Cochran County, Texas, USA. ^[1]

Private Derwin also has a memorial cenotaph in the San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Isaac Derwin's Memorial Tombstone, photographed by Charlie Vines on 21 April 2020.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Find A Grave: Memorial #45775106, Memorial for Private Isaac Derwin, San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA, created by John Boyd (ID=86033236), maintained by Kathleen McQueen Dochtermann Boyd (ID=47131333), accessed 24 October 2020.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Final statements of deceased soldiers of the U.S. Infantry during and after the Civil War. Digitized from NARA textual records. Fold3, (https://www.fold3.com/publication/749/final-statements-1862-1899 : accessed July 15, 2023), database and images, https://www.fold3.com/publication/749/final-statements-1862-1899. https://www.fold3.com/image/271118670

• NARA M233. Registers of Enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1914. Fold3, (https://www.fold3.com/publication/891/army-register-of-enlistments-1798-1914 : accessed July 16, 2023), database and images, https://www.fold3.com/publication/891/army-register-of-enlistments-1798-1914 https://www.fold3.com/image/310878684?rec=300344947
• "A Fearful March on the Staked Plains", The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces, Volume 15, 1877 (Nolan's Account). https://books.google.com/books?id=ggw_AQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=September%2015%2C%201877%20%20Army%20and%20Navy%20Journal&pg=PA84#v=onepage&q&f=false
• Carlson, Paul H., The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas, 2003. pp. 85, 105, 116, 120, 136.

Research Notes

Derwin's burial location, or whether or not he was even buried, is uncertain. According to the "Final Statement", signed by his commanding officer, Captain Nolan, he was buried about 10 miles west of Double Lakes, but according to Nolan's official report of the scout, when they went back to find his body, they could not find it.

Task List

• Marriage Information
• 1860 U. S. Census (May not be available if family was slaves)?
• 1870 U. S. Census