Isaac Columbus Hurst (aka Isaic C. Herst; Isaac C. Hursle), age 18, was enlisted as Private on April 2nd, 1862 in Captain McLean’s Company, Company H (Union Rebels), 6th Regiment Florida Infantry by by J. J. Finley at Mount Vernon Arsenal, Florida, for a period of 3 years or the war. (Company Muster Roll for April 2nd to April 21st, 1862)

He is reported as transferred on Company Muster Roll for April 1st to July 1st, 1862.

He is reported absent on the Company Muster Roll for June 30th through November 12th, 1862. This roll documents him absent sick at Knoxville, Tennessee since August 13th, 1862.

He is reported absent on the Company Muster Roll for November 12th, 1862 through February 11th, 1863. This roll documents him as on detached service as Hospital Nurse at Knoxville, Tennessee since October 1st, 1862.

He is reported present on the Company Muster Roll for February 11th, 1863 through April 17th,

He is reported present on the Company Muster Roll for April 17th through April 30th, 1863.

He is reported present and due commutation from enlistment on the Company Muster Roll for April 30th through July 9th, 1863.

He is reported present on the Company Muster Roll for July 9th through October 31st, 1863.

He is reported present on the Company Muster Roll for November and December, 1863.

He is reported on the Company Muster Roll for December 31st, 1863, through February 29th, 1864 as having deserted on February 18th, 1864.

He is identified on a “tabular index” containing as an Inclosure a “Pris. of War Record”.

His name appears on a Register of Paroled Confederate Soldiers dated June 14th, 1865.

His name appears as a signature on an Oath of Amnesty, dated June 14h, 1865 at Montgomery, Alabama. He is described as 5’ 4” tall, black hair, blue eyes, and fair complexion.

Isaac Hurst