Israel Vogdes (August 14, 1816 – December 7, 1889) was a soldier and military educator from Pennsylvania who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

He graduated from the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, in 1837 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S.

[4] Shortly after the start of the Civil War, Captain Vogdes stationed at Fort Monroe.

Promoted to major, he was part of an expedition that was sent to Florida to quell the rebellion in that state, but was taken as a prisoner of war at Fort Pickens in October 1861 during the Battle of Santa Rosa Island.

Promoted to colonel in the Regular Army on August 1, 1863,[5] he commanded the Federal forces on Folly Island and participated in the Second Battle of Charleston Harbor.