LT Colonel Michael Bailey was born in 1822, County Laois, Ireland and immigrated at the age of 18 years old, first to New Brunswick, Quebec, Canada then eventually settling in Buffalo, NY. He was a ship carpenter by trade.
He served in Co E, known as the Emmet Guards of the 74th NY National Guard, when it was organized in 1856 and elected their captain. At the beginning of the Civil War, Bailey recruited Company E, 100th New York Regiment almost entirely at his own expense and was also elected Captain. Taken prisoner at Fair Oaks while on picket duty, he was confined in Salisbury prison, North Carolina. He was later exchanged for Robert Wooten (#9263468), 33rd North Carolina on Sept 21, 1862 at Aiken's Landing, Virginia, where he returned to his regiment. Captain Bailey was discharged from service August 5, 1863.
Captain Bailey was a prominent member of the Fenian Brotherhood in Buffalo, appointed Chief Military Organizer for the Fenian Brotherhood and was responsible for raising Company A of Buffalo's 7th Regiment, Irish Republican Army, which participated in the Fenians Raids of June 1st & 2nd 1866 at Fort Erie and Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada.
Bailey was acting as Lt Col under General John O'Neill (#12533), when he was seriously wounded at the Fort Erie engagement from a rifle ball fired from the window of a house that hit him in the breast disabling him. Other stories claim it was a ramrod which hit his chest, fired out of a Canadian muzzleloading rifle. His comrades eventually carried him back to Buffalo, NY, avoiding capture from the USS Michigan patrolling the river which was enforcing the US/British Neutrality peace in the Niagara River.
Bailey suffered from this chest wound up until he succumbed to his death at his residence on Swan Street in Buffalo on January 17, 1868. LTC Michael Bailey was buried at Limestone Hill Cemetery in Lackawanna, NY, now called Holy Cross Cemetery, with honors by the Fenian Brotherhood of Buffalo commanded by Fenian Col William Clingen (#177070509) during his service.
Special thanks to William R. Parker for cemetery location.
He served in Co E, known as the Emmet Guards of the 74th NY National Guard, when it was organized in 1856 and elected their captain. At the beginning of the Civil War, Bailey recruited Company E, 100th New York Regiment almost entirely at his own expense and was also elected Captain. Taken prisoner at Fair Oaks while on picket duty, he was confined in Salisbury prison, North Carolina. He was later exchanged for Robert Wooten (#9263468), 33rd North Carolina on Sept 21, 1862 at Aiken's Landing, Virginia, where he returned to his regiment. Captain Bailey was discharged from service August 5, 1863.
Captain Bailey was a prominent member of the Fenian Brotherhood in Buffalo, appointed Chief Military Organizer for the Fenian Brotherhood and was responsible for raising Company A of Buffalo's 7th Regiment, Irish Republican Army, which participated in the Fenians Raids of June 1st & 2nd 1866 at Fort Erie and Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada.
Bailey was acting as Lt Col under General John O'Neill (#12533), when he was seriously wounded at the Fort Erie engagement from a rifle ball fired from the window of a house that hit him in the breast disabling him. Other stories claim it was a ramrod which hit his chest, fired out of a Canadian muzzleloading rifle. His comrades eventually carried him back to Buffalo, NY, avoiding capture from the USS Michigan patrolling the river which was enforcing the US/British Neutrality peace in the Niagara River.
Bailey suffered from this chest wound up until he succumbed to his death at his residence on Swan Street in Buffalo on January 17, 1868. LTC Michael Bailey was buried at Limestone Hill Cemetery in Lackawanna, NY, now called Holy Cross Cemetery, with honors by the Fenian Brotherhood of Buffalo commanded by Fenian Col William Clingen (#177070509) during his service.
Special thanks to William R. Parker for cemetery location.
LT Colonel Michael Bailey was born in 1822, County Laois, Ireland and immigrated at the age of 18 years old, first to New Brunswick, Quebec, Canada then eventually settling in Buffalo, NY. He was a ship carpenter by trade.
He served in Co E, known as the Emmet Guards of the 74th NY National Guard, when it was organized in 1856 and elected their captain. At the beginning of the Civil War, Bailey recruited Company E, 100th New York Regiment almost entirely at his own expense and was also elected Captain. Taken prisoner at Fair Oaks while on picket duty, he was confined in Salisbury prison, North Carolina. He was later exchanged for Robert Wooten (#9263468), 33rd North Carolina on Sept 21, 1862 at Aiken's Landing, Virginia, where he returned to his regiment. Captain Bailey was discharged from service August 5, 1863.
Captain Bailey was a prominent member of the Fenian Brotherhood in Buffalo, appointed Chief Military Organizer for the Fenian Brotherhood and was responsible for raising Company A of Buffalo's 7th Regiment, Irish Republican Army, which participated in the Fenians Raids of June 1st & 2nd 1866 at Fort Erie and Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada.
Bailey was acting as Lt Col under General John O'Neill (#12533), when he was seriously wounded at the Fort Erie engagement from a rifle ball fired from the window of a house that hit him in the breast disabling him. Other stories claim it was a ramrod which hit his chest, fired out of a Canadian muzzleloading rifle. His comrades eventually carried him back to Buffalo, NY, avoiding capture from the USS Michigan patrolling the river which was enforcing the US/British Neutrality peace in the Niagara River.
Bailey suffered from this chest wound up until he succumbed to his death at his residence on Swan Street in Buffalo on January 17, 1868. LTC Michael Bailey was buried at Limestone Hill Cemetery in Lackawanna, NY, now called Holy Cross Cemetery, with honors by the Fenian Brotherhood of Buffalo commanded by Fenian Col William Clingen (#177070509) during his service.
Special thanks to William R. Parker for cemetery location.
He served in Co E, known as the Emmet Guards of the 74th NY National Guard, when it was organized in 1856 and elected their captain. At the beginning of the Civil War, Bailey recruited Company E, 100th New York Regiment almost entirely at his own expense and was also elected Captain. Taken prisoner at Fair Oaks while on picket duty, he was confined in Salisbury prison, North Carolina. He was later exchanged for Robert Wooten (#9263468), 33rd North Carolina on Sept 21, 1862 at Aiken's Landing, Virginia, where he returned to his regiment. Captain Bailey was discharged from service August 5, 1863.
Captain Bailey was a prominent member of the Fenian Brotherhood in Buffalo, appointed Chief Military Organizer for the Fenian Brotherhood and was responsible for raising Company A of Buffalo's 7th Regiment, Irish Republican Army, which participated in the Fenians Raids of June 1st & 2nd 1866 at Fort Erie and Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada.
Bailey was acting as Lt Col under General John O'Neill (#12533), when he was seriously wounded at the Fort Erie engagement from a rifle ball fired from the window of a house that hit him in the breast disabling him. Other stories claim it was a ramrod which hit his chest, fired out of a Canadian muzzleloading rifle. His comrades eventually carried him back to Buffalo, NY, avoiding capture from the USS Michigan patrolling the river which was enforcing the US/British Neutrality peace in the Niagara River.
Bailey suffered from this chest wound up until he succumbed to his death at his residence on Swan Street in Buffalo on January 17, 1868. LTC Michael Bailey was buried at Limestone Hill Cemetery in Lackawanna, NY, now called Holy Cross Cemetery, with honors by the Fenian Brotherhood of Buffalo commanded by Fenian Col William Clingen (#177070509) during his service.
Special thanks to William R. Parker for cemetery location.
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