James D. Isbell enlisted in Company G of the 3rd VA Cavalry as a private on May 18, 1861. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant September 15, 1861 and to captain on March 17, 1862. He died of disease on August 5, 1862.
The 1860 census for Cumberland County, VA lists him as a farmer and indicates he was a fairly wealthy landowner and slaveholder.
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