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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20 December 1828 Burke County, North Carolina
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Died |
3 July 1863 (aged 34) Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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