Isaac E. Avery

Isaac Erwin Avery
Isaac Erwin Avery
	Isaac Erwin Avery, 1862 or 1863
Nickname(s)	"Ike"
Born	December 20, 1828; Burke County, North Carolina, US
Died	July 3, 1863 (aged 34); Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Place of burial	Hagerstown, Maryland, US
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Branch	Confederate States Army
Years of service	1861–63
Rank	Colonel
Battles / wars	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 †; ; ;
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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.