Editing Isaac R. Trimble (section)

{{Short description|Confederate Army general}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name= Isaac R. Trimble
|birth_date= {{birth date|1802|5|15}}
|death_date= {{death date and age|1888|1|2|1802|5|15}}
|birth_place= [[Frederick County, Virginia]]
|death_place= [[Baltimore, Maryland]]
|placeofburial= [[Green Mount Cemetery]]
|placeofburial_label= Place of burial
|image= Portrait of Confederate general Isaac Ridgeway Trimble (cropped).jpg
|caption= Gen. Isaac R. Trimble
|nickname=
|allegiance= {{flag|United States}}<br />{{flag|Confederate States}}
|branch= [[File:Seal of the United States Department of War.png|23px]] [[United States Army]]<br />{{army|Confederate States}}
|serviceyears=1822 – 1832 (USA)<br />1861 – 1865 (CSA)
|rank=[[File:Union army 2nd lt rank insignia.jpg|35px]] [[Second Lieutenant#United States|2nd Lieutenant]] (USA) <br/> [[File:Union Army colonel rank insignia.png|35px]] {{nowrap|Colonel (Maryland Militia)}} <br/> [[File:Confederate States of America General-collar.svg|35px]] [[Major General (CSA)]]
|commands=Trimble's Brigade<br>Jackson's (Old) Division
|unit= 3rd U.S. Artillery<br>1st U.S. Artillery
|battles= {{tree list}}
* [[American Civil War]]
** [[Valley Campaign]]
** [[Seven Days Battles]]
** [[Second Battle of Bull Run]]
** [[Battle of Gettysburg]]{{WIA}} {{POW}}
{{tree list/end}}
|awards=
|laterwork=Railroad executive
}}
'''Isaac Ridgeway Trimble''' (May 15, 1802 – January 2, 1888) was a [[United States Army]] officer, a [[civil engineer]], a prominent railroad construction superintendent and executive, and a [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] [[General officer|general]] in the [[American Civil War]]. He was born in Virginia, lived in Maryland for much of his adult life, and returned to Virginia in 1861 after Maryland did not secede. Trimble is most famous for his role as a division commander in the assault known as [[Pickett's Charge]] at the [[Battle of Gettysburg]]. He was wounded severely in the leg during that battle, and was left on the field. He spent most of the remainder of the war as a prisoner, and was finally paroled on April 16, 1865, one week after [[Robert E. Lee]] surrendered the [[Army of Northern Virginia]] following the [[Battle of Appomattox Court House]].