Hayes, Israel Isaac

ISRAEL ISAAC HAYES | CIVIL WAR DISCHARGE [Signed]

Pennsylvania: 1864. One-page discharge of a Sergeant of the 58th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Dated 11/10/1864 and signed in black ink by Hayes. In Good condition overall with moderate age toning and wear along creases. Bottom third is currently mended with archival tape. Shelved at Rockville Room E (MW Box).

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Special Collections - Upstairs

Price: $150

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Isaac Israel Hayes (1832–1881) was an American physician, Arctic explorer, and author who combined scientific ambition with public service. After earning his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, he gained national attention as surgeon on Elisha Kent Kane’s Arctic expedition (1853–1855) and later led his own 1860–1861 voyage toward the North Pole aboard the schooner United States. During the American Civil War, Hayes served as a Union Army surgeon and later as a medical examiner for the draft in New York, applying his medical expertise to military and public health needs. Following the war, he remained active in civic life, serving in the New York State Assembly and writing extensively about Arctic exploration, helping to sustain American interest in polar science in the decades before the great expeditions of the late 19th century.