Isaac Gause Explained

Isaac Gause
Birth Date:	9 December 1843
Birth Place:	Trumbull County, Ohio, US
Placeofburial:	Arlington National Cemetery
Placeofburial Label:	Place of burial
Allegiance:	United States of America Union
Branch:	United States Army Union Army
Serviceyears:	1861 - 1865
Rank:	Sergeant
Unit:	Company E, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Battles:	American Civil War
Awards:	Medal of Honor

Isaac Gause (December 9, 1843  - April 23, 1920) was a corporal in Union Army during the American Civil War and a recipient of the highest military decoration for valor in combat, the Medal of Honor, for having distinguished himself near Berryville, Virginia, on September 13, 1864.

Medal of Honor citation

• Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 2nd Ohio Cavalry
• Place and date: Near Berryville, Virginia, September 13, 1864
• Birth: Trumbull County, Ohio
• Date of issue: September 19, 1864

Citation:

Capture of the colors of the 8th South Carolina Infantry while engaged in a reconnaissance along the Berryville and Winchester Pike.

Publications

• Book: Gause, Isaac . Four years with five armies: Army of the frontier, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Missouri, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Shenandoah . Neale Publishing . New York . 1908 . Isaac Gause.

See also

• List of Medal of Honor recipients

References

• Web site: The United States Army Center of Military History, Civil War Medal of Honor recipients (A-L) . 2008-08-09 . 2012-09-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120902081051/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwaral.html . dead .