Died in Civil War
"James Beaird did not marry. He enlisted as a private in the "Phoenix Rifles," a military unit formed in Union Parish Louisiana in July 1861, along with his brother Stephen and nephews William W. and Wiley N. Pierce. This unit became Company C, 17th Louisiana Infantry, Confederate States Army in September 1861. In early September the company left Union Parish and traveled south to Camp Moore, just north of Lake Pontchatrain, where they trained until November. James Beaird was sick with the measles during part of October, but recovered and made a trip home in November from Camp Moore, presumably to carry the body of his neighbor and nephew William Cleaton Boatright (husband of Martha Jane Pierce) home to Union Parish.
In February 1862 the regiment was sent from south Louisiana to Corinth, Mississippi to help defend northern Mississippi from General Grant‟s army approaching from the north. Five days of marching in knee-deep mud and water around Corinth caused widespread sickness throughout the regiment. James Beaird's sergeant wrote home on 29 March 1862:
"James Beaird died this morning of Typhoid Fever. He was sick about twelve days. We hated to give him up but his case seemed to be an unquorable [incurable] one..."
"James Beaird did not marry. He enlisted as a private in the "Phoenix Rifles," a military unit formed in Union Parish Louisiana in July 1861, along with his brother Stephen and nephews William W. and Wiley N. Pierce. This unit became Company C, 17th Louisiana Infantry, Confederate States Army in September 1861. In early September the company left Union Parish and traveled south to Camp Moore, just north of Lake Pontchatrain, where they trained until November. James Beaird was sick with the measles during part of October, but recovered and made a trip home in November from Camp Moore, presumably to carry the body of his neighbor and nephew William Cleaton Boatright (husband of Martha Jane Pierce) home to Union Parish.
In February 1862 the regiment was sent from south Louisiana to Corinth, Mississippi to help defend northern Mississippi from General Grant‟s army approaching from the north. Five days of marching in knee-deep mud and water around Corinth caused widespread sickness throughout the regiment. James Beaird's sergeant wrote home on 29 March 1862:
"James Beaird died this morning of Typhoid Fever. He was sick about twelve days. We hated to give him up but his case seemed to be an unquorable [incurable] one..."
Died in Civil War
"James Beaird did not marry. He enlisted as a private in the "Phoenix Rifles," a military unit formed in Union Parish Louisiana in July 1861, along with his brother Stephen and nephews William W. and Wiley N. Pierce. This unit became Company C, 17th Louisiana Infantry, Confederate States Army in September 1861. In early September the company left Union Parish and traveled south to Camp Moore, just north of Lake Pontchatrain, where they trained until November. James Beaird was sick with the measles during part of October, but recovered and made a trip home in November from Camp Moore, presumably to carry the body of his neighbor and nephew William Cleaton Boatright (husband of Martha Jane Pierce) home to Union Parish.
In February 1862 the regiment was sent from south Louisiana to Corinth, Mississippi to help defend northern Mississippi from General Grant‟s army approaching from the north. Five days of marching in knee-deep mud and water around Corinth caused widespread sickness throughout the regiment. James Beaird's sergeant wrote home on 29 March 1862:
"James Beaird died this morning of Typhoid Fever. He was sick about twelve days. We hated to give him up but his case seemed to be an unquorable [incurable] one..."
"James Beaird did not marry. He enlisted as a private in the "Phoenix Rifles," a military unit formed in Union Parish Louisiana in July 1861, along with his brother Stephen and nephews William W. and Wiley N. Pierce. This unit became Company C, 17th Louisiana Infantry, Confederate States Army in September 1861. In early September the company left Union Parish and traveled south to Camp Moore, just north of Lake Pontchatrain, where they trained until November. James Beaird was sick with the measles during part of October, but recovered and made a trip home in November from Camp Moore, presumably to carry the body of his neighbor and nephew William Cleaton Boatright (husband of Martha Jane Pierce) home to Union Parish.
In February 1862 the regiment was sent from south Louisiana to Corinth, Mississippi to help defend northern Mississippi from General Grant‟s army approaching from the north. Five days of marching in knee-deep mud and water around Corinth caused widespread sickness throughout the regiment. James Beaird's sergeant wrote home on 29 March 1862:
"James Beaird died this morning of Typhoid Fever. He was sick about twelve days. We hated to give him up but his case seemed to be an unquorable [incurable] one..."
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