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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Saturday, May 14, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
"Come and Take It" McIntosh's Third Funeral
Revolutionary War hero Lt. Col. John McIntosh was reburied October 23, 2010, at a service held at the Mallow Plantation Historic Site in Eulonia in McIntosh County, Georgia. His great, great grandson was at the reburial. This was the colonel's third burial.
On November 25, 1778, British Lt.-Col. Lewis Fuser demanded that McIntosh surrender Fort Morris at Sunbury. McIntosh's reply was simply, "Come and get it." The British withdrew.
In 2006, an 1850s style "Fisk" iron casket was found in a marsh adjacent to a bluff where 1800s records indicate the colonel's body was buried. The Sapelo River washed it out. Since then, it was kept at the Darien funeral home and was not opened.
Records also indicate that McIntosh was the only male buried at the site and a piece of male clothing was found sticking out of the casket.
However, iron caskets were not invented until 1848 and McIntosh died in 1826. However, during the 1850s, six major hurricanes hit the area and it is believed that the colonel's casket was washed out and then his body place in an iron casket.
"Come and Get It" Ranks Right Up There with "Nuts" As far As Surrender Replies Are concerned.
The Colonel's Home at Last. --Cooter
On November 25, 1778, British Lt.-Col. Lewis Fuser demanded that McIntosh surrender Fort Morris at Sunbury. McIntosh's reply was simply, "Come and get it." The British withdrew.
In 2006, an 1850s style "Fisk" iron casket was found in a marsh adjacent to a bluff where 1800s records indicate the colonel's body was buried. The Sapelo River washed it out. Since then, it was kept at the Darien funeral home and was not opened.
Records also indicate that McIntosh was the only male buried at the site and a piece of male clothing was found sticking out of the casket.
However, iron caskets were not invented until 1848 and McIntosh died in 1826. However, during the 1850s, six major hurricanes hit the area and it is believed that the colonel's casket was washed out and then his body place in an iron casket.
"Come and Get It" Ranks Right Up There with "Nuts" As far As Surrender Replies Are concerned.
The Colonel's Home at Last. --Cooter
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