John Decourcy held the English title Premier Baron of Ireland, 31st Baron Kingsale. He was a career soldier, fighting with Britain in the Crimean War. He volunteered to assist the U.S. government as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was appointed Colonel of the 16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He became a brigade commander, participating in the taking of Cumberland Gap in June, 1862; he then commanded a brigade, including the 16th Ohio Infantry, and participated in the bloody Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, December, 1862. Disappointed at not being promoted to General, he left the brigade in the spring of 1863 when he took a command in Kentucky, helping to re-take Cumberland Gap for the Union. After allegedly disobeying orders by occupying Cumberland Gap before the appropriate General, he was prosecuted and resigned from the Army in March, 1864. He is reported to have served with French General Maximilian who was fighting the Mexican government for control of Mexico in the name of Napoleon III. He then returned to England to exercise his royal title and died and was buried in Florence, Italy in 1890.
John Decourcy held the English title Premier Baron of Ireland, 31st Baron Kingsale. He was a career soldier, fighting with Britain in the Crimean War. He volunteered to assist the U.S. government as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was appointed Colonel of the 16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He became a brigade commander, participating in the taking of Cumberland Gap in June, 1862; he then commanded a brigade, including the 16th Ohio Infantry, and participated in the bloody Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, December, 1862. Disappointed at not being promoted to General, he left the brigade in the spring of 1863 when he took a command in Kentucky, helping to re-take Cumberland Gap for the Union. After allegedly disobeying orders by occupying Cumberland Gap before the appropriate General, he was prosecuted and resigned from the Army in March, 1864. He is reported to have served with French General Maximilian who was fighting the Mexican government for control of Mexico in the name of Napoleon III. He then returned to England to exercise his royal title and died and was buried in Florence, Italy in 1890.
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