Issac mayott

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184I-1915


saac H. Mayott enlisted in the United States Navy in 1863 at Chicago when he was only twenty-three years old. Instead of marching with infantry regiments, he served aboard Union naval vessels on the Great Lakes.

As a Quartermaster, he stood at the helm of ships like the USS St. Clair and USS Great Western, helping guide them through northern waters during the Civil War. After the war he returned to civilian life and lived another half-century, passing away in 1915 when only a small number of Civil War veterans were still alive.

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