Isaac Adams - 2nd Maine Cavalry

The photograph at right is a rare wartime image of Isaac Adams, an officer in the 2nd Maine Cavalry who was mortally wounded in the Battle of Marianna, Florida on September 27, 1864.

According to eyewitness accounts, Adams was wounded multiple times as his unit charged Confederate cavalry on Lafayette Street in Marianna and was ambushed by local homeguardsmen who had taken positions behind trees, bushes and fenches along the sides of the road.

He was taken to the home of Marianna Mayor Thomas White, where he died in the days following the battle. Adams was buried first at Riverside Cemetery in Marianna, but his remains were eventually relocated to Barrancas National Cemetery near Pensacola.

A monument to him remains at Riverside Cemetery, one of only two that have been erected to Union casualties of the battle in Marianna.

For more information on the Battle of Marianna, visit www.battleofmarianna.net.