Abraham John Bird was the son of Thompson William Bird (1812-1880), born and died in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana - a wealthy plantation owner; and Artemisa Esnard (1818-?). Abraham married Marie Elizabeth Dupuy, b. 1841, Iberville Parish, Louisiana - d. 1936, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, daughter of a wealthy plantation owner, Joseph Gedeon Dupuy.

Abraham and Marie had one son together, Abraham John Bird, Jr. Per his father's will, "Junior" attended military school away from home, for his education. Marie later re-married to Anatole Joly of Iberville Parish, Louisiana and they had nine (9) children together.

At the beginning of the Civil War, when Abraham was 24 years old, he joined the 4th Louisiana Regiment, Company H (The Tirailuers), On 9 June 1861, while his company was boarding the steamer Gray Cloud, at the terminus dock of the Jefferson and Pontchartrain Railroads, a steam whistle blew, causing a panic among the young soldiers, causing Abraham to be pushed off the dock or ship. He passed under the side paddle wheel of the steamer and was drowned. His father, Thompson William Bird, a wealthy planter, had his body brought back to East Baton Rouge Parish, and he was buried in the family burying ground at Hollywood Plantation. It was a military funeral, as a contingent of his regiment, still at the Barracks in Baton Rouge, was sent by steamer downriver (Mississippi) to Manchac Landing, then marched to Hollywood. After firing the appropriate volleys, the soldiers marched the 10 miles back to the Barracks.

In other words, he is not buried at Camp Moore Confederate Cemetery, Tangipihoa Parish, Louisiana, even though there is a gravestone for him there. His name was added to the list of more than 100 of his Company H, who died at Camp Moore of a contagious disease. Records for the camp burned during the war. In 1901, when the Daughters of the Confederacy began rehabilitating the cemetery, only one of the original wooden head markers had a legible name. So, only one of the stone markers there is correctly placed.

While it is certain that Abraham John Bird is Buried at Bird Family Cemetery, Hollywood Plantation in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, there is no marker there for him, as all the gravestones at Bird were damaged and displaced. His body is there, but exact location is unknown.
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"Louisiana Confederate Burials"
Notes:
"Abraham J Bird
Served in Co. H [Tirailuers], 4th Louisiana Infantry; died 6-9-1861, probably at Camp Moore, LA; See Appendix ... B"

Appendix B
This particular soldier [Abraham John Bird] is listed as having died at or is only suspected of being buried at Camp Moore near Tangipahoa, LA. His name appeared in the Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Commands by Andrew B. Booth as having died while at Camp Moore. Camp Moore was a large training facility where the men learned the basics of being a soldier before being sent off to war ... There are only 110 men known whose identities are known that are known to have died while they or their unit was at Camp Moore ... If Booth's stated that the soldier died at Camp Moore, I listed it as such. For those that are not clearly known but the date of death occurred while the regiment was at Camp Moore, I stated in the notes that the soldier "probably" died while at Camp Moore."
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Sources:
* Baton Rouge Tri-Weekly Gazette & Comet, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Saturday, June 15, 1861, pg. 1
* New Orleans Daily Crescent, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 11, 1861, pg.1
* The Daily Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Thursday, June 13, 1861, pg. 2
* The City-Times-Picayune (Daily Picayune), Friday, June 14, 1861, pg. 1
* The Daily Advocate, Saturday, June 15, 1861, pg. 2
* Sugar Planter, Port Allen, Louisiana, Saturday, June 22, 1861, pg. 1
* US Census Records:
- 1850; Census Place: West Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Roll: M432_229; Page: 243B; Image: 490
- 1860; Census Place: West Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Roll: M653_408; Page: 676; Family History Library Film: 803408
- Marriage Records, Saint Gabriel Catholic Church, St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, Lousiana, 1860
- Birth and Baptism Records, Saint Gabriel Catholic Church, St. Gabriel, Iberville, Louisiana, 1861
- 1860; Census Place: Iberville, Louisiana; Roll: M653_411; Page: 255; Family History Library Film: 803411
- 1870; Census Place: Ward 4, Iberville, Louisiana; Roll: M593_514; Page: 325B; Family History Library Film: 552013
- 1880; Census Place: 4th Ward, Iberville, Louisiana; Roll: 454; Page: 111D; Enumeration District: 066
- 1900; Census Place: Plaquemine, Iberville, Louisiana; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 1240566

Contributor: H P Bledsoe (48468000).