John Bernard Isler

A German-speaker, he came to America in December 1858. He enrolled on 16 February 1862 in Washington, DC and mustered as Captain of Company A, First United States Sharpshooters on 22 February. He was slightly wounded at 2nd Bull Run on 30 August.

He commanded the regiment in Maryland as senior officer present, all of the field officers being absent. The Sharpshooters were on the field at Antietam by about 8 a.m. on 17 September 1862, but were in reserve and not engaged. They saw action as skirmishers across the Potomac near Shepherdstown, VA on 19 September.

He resigned his commission on 25 October 1862.

By 1870 he was in Caroline County, MD and he was naturalized an American citizen there on 27 January 1874. He lived in Washington, DC by 1881 and began receiving a veteran's pension for disability in June 1884. Giving his occupation as civil engineer, he applied for a passport in October 1889.

His service from Phisterer1 and Stevens.2 Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1870, and from his pension card and passport application, both online from fold3.

He married English-born Emily/Emely (?, c. 1833-) before 1870.

03/14/1832 in SWITZERLAND