MOSES W. ISENHOWER
(his War Record)
Isenhower, Moses W.
Enlisted name: Isonhower, Moses W. Pvt.
Confederate, : "Company I, the eleventh Arkansas Infantry Regiment confederate States Of America.
Enlisted 29 of October, 1861, at Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas.
Enlisted under Capt. Cunningham. He gave his age at 35 but he was 38.

In November 1861 he spent a week on the Tennesee shore assisting the construction of Batteries laid out by
topographical engineers, under Asa Gray. At the end of the month, his regiment was ferried across to Island
number ten, locating at Fort Thompson.
(Previously, they sent their guns to New Orleans, Louisiana for reboring.
The weapons were so poorly prepared, that most of them burst upon firing.)
Polk requested six hundred rifles for the 11th regiment.

On February 16, 1862, Moses W, Isenhower suffered a serious head wound and died at Fort Thompson.
He had only served four months, and, strange as it may seem, he died within about seventy miles from
where he was born, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.

From Betty Snyder:
Moses Isenhower was a private in Co. I , 11th Arkansas Infantry. #4490 5629 & #5707
He entered Co. I, at Little Rock, Arkansas, Oct. 29 in 1861. At that time he was in Montgomery County and listed as Coroner,
1861-1862. He traveled 50 miles to Little Rock. He listed his age as 35, but he was 38. He enlisted for one year but he was
killed at Fort Thompson February 16, 1862, on Island #10.