Father: Joseph Antonio Bilisoly (1799-1880)
Mother: Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" Benson (1804-1895)
08/22/1850 - Student, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., VA (lived with parents and sibs - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as "Augustus S. Billisolly")
03/00/1855 - M.D. degree, Hahnemann Medical College (homeopathic), Philadelphia, PA
1855 - "Dr. L. A. Bilisoly worked faithfully night and day [treating yellow fever victims in Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia], even carrying suitable nutriment, prepared at his own home, and taking it himself in his buggy for those of his patients most in need. He was taken with the disease not until September, when, of course, his valuable aid and services were brought to an end. He survived, however, and after the scourge had left us, thecitizens of Portsmouth made him a present of a handsome gold headed cane, in appreciation of his services so well done." [Virginian-Pilot, August 1, 1905]
1856 - Married, Rosa B. Mills (1836-1897)
07/30/1860 - Practiced medicine, Jefferson Ward, Portsmouth City, VA (lived with wife, Rosa B. and one child - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as "Lisle A. Billisoly")
04/20/1861 - Enlisted as 1st Lieut., Old Dominion Guard, Provisional Army of Virginia, Portsmouth, VA
04/30/1861 - Mustered into the Provisional Army of Virginia by Col. George W. Garrison
10/31/1861 - 2nd Lt., Co. K, 9th VA Infantry
12/31/1861 - 2nd Lt., Co. K, 9th VA Infantry
01/01/1862 - 2nd Lt., Co. K, 9th VA Infantry, Portsmouth, VA
01/31/1862 - 2nd Lt., Co. K, 9th VA Infantry, Pinners Point, VA
02/28/1862 - 2nd Lt., Co. K, 9th Virginia Infantry, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, Pinners Point, VA
04/30/1862 - 2nd Lt., Co. K, 9th VA Infantry
06/01/1862 - Wounded at Battle of Seven Pines, VA
07/01/1862 - Promoted to 1st Lt., Co. K, 9th Virginia Infantry "by the death of Capt. Vermillion [Capt. Dennis Vermillion] who was killed in the battles around Richmond [Battle of Malvern Hill, July 1,1862]"
07/06/1862 - Appointed 1st Lt., Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 07/01/1862
07/13/1862 - Still suffering from wounds
07/21/1862 - Admitted as a patient, Chimborazo Hospital No. 3, Richmond, VA (diagnosis: pneumonia)
07/25/1862 - In a Certificate of Disability prepared by Dr. Edwin Harvie Smith at Chimborazo Hospital No. 3, Richmond, Virginia, "I certify that I have carefully examined Lt. L. A. Billisoly [sic - Bilisoly] of Co. K, 9th Va Regmt and find him incapable of performing military duty because of Dyspepsia, Chronic Hepatitis and Spinal Irritation. Lt. Billisolly [sic - Bilisoly] has been under my medical care for several weeks past. E. H. Smith, Surgeon, P. A. C. S. & Surg: in chg: of Hosp; No. 3"
08/01/1862 - In a letter written from Richmond, VA, to Hon. Geo. W. Randolph, Confederate Secretary of War, Richmond, VA, "Sir, You will please accept my resignation as 1st Lieutenant of Co (K) 9th Va Vol. For reasons see Surgeons certificate of disability & Oblige, L. A. Bilisoly, 1st Lt Co K 9th Va Vol"
08/21/1862 - "The resignation or the following Officers have been accepted by the resident to take effect today . . . . 1st Lieut. L. A. Bilisoly, Co. K, 9th VA Vols . . ." [S.O. 195/1]
08/29/1862 or 08/30/1862 - Wounded, 2nd Battle of Manassas, VA (lost a leg)
05/01/1863 - In a letter written from Richmond, VA, to Hon. C. G. Memminger, [Confederate] Secretary of Treasury, "Sir, Having been wounded at the battle of Seven Pines & subsequently at Manassas by which he has been made cripple for life, besides his home and friends being within the emy's lines, respectfully applies for a clerkship either in the Treasury Department or the Auditor's office as a means of support. Very Rspectfully, L. A. Bilisoly, late 1st Lieut. 9th Reg Va. Vols".
1863 - On detail as Acting Asst. Surgeon, 9th VA Infantry [Source: Unpublished irginia biographies by S. Bassett French]
1863 - Resigned
After the Civil War - Surgeon for the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Co.
07/25/1870 - Practiced medicine, Jefferson Ward, Portsmouth City, Norfolk Co., VA (lived with parents, wife, and two children - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Lisle A. Bilisoly)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Portsmouth, VA (listed in the 1874 edition of Butler's Medical Directory and Register of the United States as "Antonio L. Billisoly")
06/11/1880 - Practiced medicine, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., VA (lived with parents, wife, two daughters, and one son - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as Lisle A. Bilisoly)
1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, 302 Middle, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., VA
1892 - Bilisoly reported serving as surgeon in the Fourth Regiment Virginia Volunteers in the 1890s [Confederate military history extended edition. Virginia, ed. by Clement A. Evans, (1975) Reprinted by: Press of Morningside Bookshop. Dayton, OH. vol. 3. pp. 725-726. (Originally published in 1892)] [Note; Robert Krick provided the following additional information "The published register of Virginia commissions for that period lists three men named Bilisoly, none of them Lisle A."]
1893 - Practiced medicine, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., VA
1896 - Practiced medicine with his son, Alonzo Augustus Bilisoly, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., VA [Note; Dr. Alonzo Augustus Bilisoly received his M.D. degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, in 1893.]
11/04/1897 - Wife, Rosa, died (buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, VA)
06/14/1900 - Practiced medicine with his son, Antonio A. Bilisoly (indexed in the 1900 U.S. Census as L.A. Bilisoly)
04/19/1910 - Practiced medicine, Portsmouth City, VA (lived with daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter - indexed in the 1910 U.S. Census as Augustus Bilisoly)
- Member, Virginia Medical Society
- Served as Health Officer, Portsmouth, VA - two terms
01/08/1918 - Died of bronchopneumonia, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., VA (buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, VA) [Note; Dr. Bilisoly's son, Dr. Alonzo Augustus Bilisoly, signed his death certificate.]

Robert Krick provided input to this biography.

Note: Dr. Virginius Batholomew Bilisoly, a brother of Dr. Lisle Augustus Bilisoly, also served the Confederacy in a medical capacity. For more details, see:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37580673/virginius-bartholomew-bilisoly

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
04/28/2013. Updated 08/28/2018.
Unpublished database