Irish Bend

[M.B. Regan]

I've just documented an ancestor who died at Irish Bend. Does anyone know where casualties may have been buried?

 

[jessgettysburg1863]

Greetings & Welcome,

Hello from Australia & enjoy the site.

jessgettysburg1863.

 

[kel1985]

Welcome from Pittsburgh, no idea, but I am 100% sure somebody here will be able to answer your question.

 

[kholland]

According to this article on the Daily Iberian website, "The hundreds of Union soldiers who lost their lives had to be buried somewhere, reportedly in a deep trench somewhere along Irish Bend Road near the Bayou Teche.
There also are stories of unmarked graves that rest along the Bayou, with very few people still living who know where the sites are". The page is at: http://www.iberianet.com/people/tec...cle_2e69c256-0f7d-5f22-adea-587e7b6b820f.html

 

[5fish]

I've just documented an ancestor who died at Irish Bend. Does anyone know where casualties may have been buried?

Is his date of death the same date as the battle of Irish Bend? If he died days later form wounds then he is most likely buried away form the action...

 

[5fish]

Here an eye-wittiness look at the battle...The last five paragraphs....The lady states the bodies were piled up and covered over both Yankee and Confederate.....

http://www.youngsanders.org/youngsandersnerson.html

Interesting I read account of a union soldier revisiting the Irish bend battle field looking for a sugar mill that was used a hospital..In the ladies accounts she calls it a sugarhouse and that it was used by the union as a hospital...

Here the soldier revisiting Irish Bend its Chapter 5....

http://www.youngsanders.org/youngsandersbattlefieldsla.html

 

[M.B. Regan]

Is his date of death the same date as the battle of Irish Bend? If he died days later form wounds then he is most likely buried away form the action...

No, he is listed as having died on April 14th.

 

[5fish]

No, he is listed as having died on April 14th.

So he most likely was buried in a mass grave after the battle, mention by the eye-witnesses....

 

[5fish]

I've just documented an ancestor who died at Irish Bend. Does anyone know where casualties may have been buried?

What regiment was he with? and what is his name?

 

[M.B. Regan]

What regiment was he with? and what is his name?

His name was John Kelly, Co. A 159th New York Volunteers.

 

[M.B. Regan]

Here an eye-wittiness look at the battle...The last five paragraphs....The lady states the bodies were piled up and covered over both Yankee and Confederate.....

http://www.youngsanders.org/youngsandersnerson.html

Interesting I read account of a union soldier revisiting the Irish bend battle field looking for a sugar mill that was used a hospital..In the ladies accounts she calls it a sugarhouse and that it was used by the union as a hospital...

Here the soldier revisiting Irish Bend its Chapter 5....

http://www.youngsanders.org/youngsandersbattlefieldsla.html

Thank you for that---both accounts were interesting.

 

[5fish]

Here read the April 15 account of the 159th regiment....It describes how John Kelly died at the battle of Irish Bend...

http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/159thInf/159thInfCWN.htm

If you did know this link show where he is was form in NY...

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/columbia/hudson2/civilwarmen_pg3.htm

http://books.google.com/books?id=fh...gS35c2GCA&ved=0CF8Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false

Turn to chapter 4 and page 26....

http://books.google.com/books?id=g4.... John Kelly, 159th New York regiment&f=false

 

[M.B. Regan]

Here read the April 15 account of the 159th regiment....It describes how John Kelly died at the battle of Irish Bend...

http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/159thInf/159thInfCWN.htm

If you did know this link show where he is was form in NY...

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/columbia/hudson2/civilwarmen_pg3.htm

http://books.google.com/books?id=fhtCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA144&lpg=PA144&dq=Hudson, new York, John kelly. 159th New York regiment&source=bl&ots=HW7FrLKa3j&sig=K8lz36tgL_K_8rTy2RPPrw2y1_U&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8N7hT5vdH5Ka8gS35c2GCA&ved=0CF8Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false

Turn to chapter 4 and page 26....

http://books.google.com/books?id=g40vAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA144&dq=Irish Bend, LA. John Kelly, 159th New York regiment&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dN7hT-qcHZSm8gTOm8WICA&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Irish Bend, LA. John Kelly, 159th New York regiment&f=false

Thank you for the reference to the Tiemann book. I had stumbled upon it last week and am awaiting its delivery. The other account, I have to say, is very disturbing-that he was wounded and then bayonetted. Perhaps it was the merciful thing...

 

[5fish]

Thank you for the reference to the Tiemann book. I had stumbled upon it last week and am awaiting its delivery. The other account, I have to say, is very disturbing-that he was wounded and then bayonetted. Perhaps it was the merciful thing...

I found a letter from a soldier to his wife about the Battle of Irish Bend...He regiment was called to move forward and he describes the regiment walking over the dead and wounded on the battlefield. No one stopping to help the wounded. It was a tough little battle....It stayed in a lot of peoples mind I figure because it was the first engagement the regiment was in...

The regiments flag...

http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/btlflags/infantry/159thInfReg2004.0098.htm

 

[M.B. Regan]

I found a letter from a soldier to his wife about the Battle of Irish Bend...He regiment was called to move forward and he describes the regiment walking over the dead and wounded on the battlefield. No one stopping to help the wounded. It was a tough little battle....It stayed in a lot of peoples mind I figure because it was the first engagement the regiment was in...

The regiments flag...

http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/btlflags/infantry/159thInfReg2004.0098.htm

Obviously, you are a serious student of this. The wealth of information that is out there really bowls me over... It was only a week ago today that I was able to verify that John Kelly had died in the Civil War-although the family story had him dying at Gettysburg. Thank you so much!