Age at Death: 41
Age at Death: 41
Military records list both March and May 27th as datesthe May date makes more sense as they were engaged in battle at this time.
: Section C Site 3592
Il est marié avec Ruth Ann Boughton.
Ils se sont mariés le 12 septembre 1847 à Pipestone, Berrien, Michigan, United States, il avait 26 ans.
Enfant(s):
According to excerpts from Edward Bacon, an officer in the Sixth Michigan Infantry (later Heavy Artiller), Joseph Fay was injured during a storm while preparing for the Battle of Ponchatula.Yaw was a Sergeant in Company B of the Sixth Michigan Infantry at the time of his death. Bacon was the unit's original Major and was later promoted to Lt. Colonel and then Colonel of the Regiment. He wrote, in 1867, Among the Cotton Thieves. In this book he gives an account of Joseph's injury: During the forenoon of the 23rd day of March, we are making the embarkation. The rain has given place to a southern hurricane. The difficulty of bringing any vessels near to our camp makes it necessary to carry the men in small boats across to the opposite side of the pass, where the vessels lie, protected by the island from the wind. Torrents of rain drench us. We all have to go, one at a time,over a long timber, extending about ten feet above the water to a point where the boats can come. Some men have to be steadied by their companions reaching out their rifles for them to take hold of. At times the rain and wind compel all to stop. I find it difficult to keep my place on one of the bridge timbers, with the surging waves below me, and the storm driving against me. My oil-cloth and coat save me from being as completely wet as are most of the men about me, but after going bounding over the waves, and finding myself in the cabin of the Savary, I find a fire almost as comfortable as if I had been exposed to one of the March rains of my own country. The sky suddenly changes, and lets down hot sunshine by intervals. The wind has fallen. While we are disentangling a schooner’s yard arm from a steamer’s smoke stack, partly overturned in the storm, Sergeant Yaw, of Co. B, who was once a justice of the peace in the county where I lived, is accidentally injured in the head. The old gentleman is carried bleeding past me. I remember cases in which I appeared before him as an attorney, and little think how soon he is to die on the slaughter-field.
Joseph Fay Yaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1847 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ruth Ann Boughton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Added via a Smart Match
MyHeritage family tree
Family site: Conrad Web Site
Family tree: 121825461-1