The son of Lt.-Col. John McIntosh whose third funeral was discussed yesterday.
Col. James McIntosh was a hero of the War of 1812 and Mexican War.
Wounded by bayonets at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma in 1846. When an officer found him and asked if he could be of assistance. Col. McIntosh replied, "Yes, give me some water and show me my regiment."
He recovered and returned to combat where he was mortally wounded leading his brigade storming El Molina del Ray on September 8, 1848.
He was a member of the "Fighting McIntoshes."
His son, James McQueen McIntosh became a general in the Confederate Army and was killed iat the Battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas. Another son, John Baillie McIntosh, served in the Union Army where he lost a leg at the Third battle of Winchester, Virginia.
Lachlan McIntosh was Georgia's ranking continental officer in the Revolutionary War.
You Want Them on Your Side. --DaCoot
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