As a Confederate soldier, Col. Hardeman was captured in 1862 and sent to Old Capitol Prison in Washington. He was soon exchanged, and rejoined his company, but was recaptured in 1864 and remained a prisoner at Fort Delaware until war’s end. After the death of his first wife, Marietta, Hardeman met and married a young widow, Lucia Griswold Conn, who was famed for having bravely marched into the camp of the much-feared Union General Sherman to plead for the release of her captured bridegroom, Charles Conn. (Sherman is reported to have said, “How can I refuse a pretty little Georgia bride her request?” Conn was reunited with his bride but later killed at Fredericksburg.) Isaac and Lucia later moved from Clinton to the village of Vineville (now incorporated in the city of Macon). They helped to establish Vineville Methodist Church. Isaac founded a law firm and both Hardemans were active in civic affairs. They raised a family of eight children.
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Colonel Isaac Hardeman (1834-1914)
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Lucia Griswold Conn Hardeman (1844-1930)
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