Isaac E. Avery
American Civil War
- First Battle of Bull Run
- Battle of Seven Pines
- Seven Days Battles
- Battle of Gaines' Mill
- Battle of Fredericksburg
- Battle of Chancellorsville
- Battle of Gettysburg
- Assault on Cemetery Hill †
Isaac Erwin Avery (December 20, 1828 – July 3, 1863) was a planter and an officer in the Confederate States Army. He died at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Avery is most remembered for a poignant blood-stained note that he wrote as he lay dying on the slopes of Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg.
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