Isaac Lockman

Civil War Soldier
KIA | Gettysburg
1863

Isaac Lockman a Civil War soldier Killed in Action at the Battle of Gettysburg.

The Lockman family lived in Port Richmond near Richmond Terrace where Simonsen Avenue is today. According to the 1860 census Jacob Lockman age 55, a Steamboat Captain had two sons Isaac and Jack along with three daughters.

Soon after the Civil War began Isaac Lockman age 21 and his brother Jack age 18 both enlisted as privates on September 15th. 1861 in Manhattan . They joined the 82nd, New York Volunteers , serving in Company A for a three year duration.

On July 1st. 1863 the largest battle ever fought in the western hemisphere began at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Company A of the New York Volunteers was engaged in heavy fighting during this three day battle. On the second day Jack Lockman was wounded and taken out of the battle.

On July 3rd. the most famous military engagement of the entire Civil War took place on the hot humid farm fields of Gettysburg called Picketts Charge.

Isaac Lockman was in the thick of the most bloodiest fighting where hand to hand combat resulted in massive casualties. Isaac was killed in battle and his body buried in what became the National Cemetery. He was 23 & 10 months old.

His body was exhumed a few years later brought back to Staten Island and buried. He had a private gravestone in Lake Cemetery that was erected by his brother Jack about 1866 on Willowbrook Avenue where dozens of other Civil War veterans are buried including one soldier who served with the famous 54th. Massachusetts Regiment known to many from the movie Glory.

Isaac and his brother Jack are buried together in a grave frequently covered with debris like mattresses , sleeping bags and garbage very close to the Burgher King parking lot.

It’s a great opportunity to honor Isaac and his brother unknown by almost all Staten Islanders with a memorial banner so their sacrifice for our freedom is not forgotten.

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