DOB:  About 1843 DOD:  Before 1879 Age at Enlistment: 18 Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private Casualty:  None Comments:  Isaac was born in Virginia according to Census records but his family had moved to Franklin by 1850 where he lived with his widowed mother.  According to the 1860 Census Isaac was working as a Clerk and living in downtown Franklin.  He shows as present on every roster on his service record until it stops in 1863.  According to Captain Atkeison’s account book he deserted on July 16, 1863 at Chattanooga with James Sweeny.  Shortly after he went to Louisville and William Moss of the company mentions seeing him there after his release from Camp Chase.  A family source has a letter written by one of Isaac’s relatives in 1879 stating Isaac’s widow was living in New York City.  No record of his death or burial has been located. After his desertion, a fellow Williamson Gray named J. Lawrence Church was captured after deserting and his report to the Federals was mentioned in the September 8, 1863 issue of the Pro-Union Nashville Sentinel newspaper: “A soldier named Jay Church, of Capt. Atkieison’s company (D), first Tennessee (rebel) infantry, who was made prisoner yesterday, gives a gloomy picture of affairs in Dixie. He left his regiment in company with a boy named Ike Brown, of this town, as it was crossing the Tennessee closely pressed by the Federals. He says that those of the Franklin boys who remain are weary and despondent, anxious to be home once more, and are sick and tired of the rebellion. He represents Capt. Atkeison as a clever fellow, well liked by his comrades, and subject to fits of sadness and despair. Black Hawk Nichols, who was wounded at Perryville, is on duty again. The company has been reduced by death and disability from 113 to 38!” Ike [Isaac] Brown is noted as deserting on July 16, 1863 with James Sweeney.  It is uncertain how Isaac ended up with Lawrence since they deserted several weeks apart.