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Wistar, Isaac Jones 1827- Military officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 14, 1827; entered the National army in 1861, and was commissioned brigadier-general ement. On Feb. 5, 1864, Butler sent a column of cavalry and infantry under General Wistar, 1,500 in number, who pushed rapidly northward from New Kent Court-house todge. General Kilpatrick was sent from the Army of the Potomac to cooperate with Wistar. With his cavalry and two divisions of Hancock's infantry, he crossed the Rapiruitless. The Confederates had been apprized by a traitor of the movement that Wistar intended to make. Wistar found the line of the Chickahominy too strongly guardWistar found the line of the Chickahominy too strongly guarded to pass it, and he returned. General Wistar was president of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia in 1892-96; founded the Wistar Institute of AnatomyGeneral Wistar was president of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia in 1892-96; founded the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology in Philadelphia; and has written and spoken much on penology.