William Hopkins"Buck"
Bailey
By Nolan Bailey
At 04:20 PM 8/2/2006, you wrote:
First the updates...
For the record, my family has had an "association" with
Minden for years and years. So, when anyone has mentioned Minden to me over the
many years, a smile has always "crossed my heart."
My great-great-grandfather's family lived near Minden during Civil War times.
William Hopkins "Buck" Bailey, and two of his brothers, served with the Minden
Blues during that war. Some of his brothers and sisters lived in Warsaw, too.
Bailey, William Hopkins,
Enlisted as a Private and promoted to Sergeant. Co. I. 8th La. Infantry. His
name is on a list, not dated, of the Minden Blues who came down from Adkins'
Landing, Red River, to New Orleans, La., on the Steamer, Eleanor. Arrived on
June 14th. 1861. Enlisted on June 23rd, 1861, at Camp Moore, La. Present on
Rolls to Oct., 1861. Roll for Nov. and Dec., 1861, "Present. In Arrest since
Dec. 25th, 1861." Roll for December 31st. 1861, to April 30th, 1862. "Present.
Re-Enlisted and Mustered In for the War by Major Christy at Camp Carondelet,
Va., Feb. 12th, 1862. Paid as a Private to April 24th, 1862." Rolls from June
30th, 1862, to Aug., 1862, "Absent. Wounded on June 27th." Rolls from Sept.,
1862, to Feb, 1863, state "Present." Roll for Feb. 28th, 1863, to May 14th,
1863, "Absent. Missing on May 4th, 1863." Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War
Captured Fredericksburg, Va., May 3rd, 1863. Forwarded from Old Capitol Prison,
Washington, D. C., to Fort Delaware, Del., May 7th, 1863. Paroled at Fort
Delaware. Received at City Pt., Va., May 23rd, 1863, and Exchanged. Rolls from
Aug. 11th, 1863, to Aug. 31st, 1864. state "Present." Roll for Nov. and Dec.,
1863. "Absent. Prisoner Since Nov. 7th, 1863." Prisoner of War Rolls, "Captured
Rappahannock, Va., Nov. 7th, 1863. Received. at Washington Nov, 11th, 1863.
Paroled at Pt. Lookout, Md., and Transferred for Exchange on Feb. 10th, 1865.
And, exchanged at Cox's Landing, Va., on Feb. 14th-15th, 1865." Occupation,
Farmer. Res., Minden, La. Single.
William Hopkins "Buck" Bailey
Note scar on his left cheek. Taken from above statement: "Absent. Wounded
June 27th."
These two brothers did not come back
from the war. They enlisted on the same day, March 15th, 1862, at Minden. "Beware
of the Ides of March."
Bailey, John W.,
Pvt. Co. G. 8th La. Infty.
Enlisted on March 15th, 1862, Minden, La. Present on Rolls to July, 1862. Rolls
from Aug., 1862, to Oct., 1862, "Absent. Sick." Rolls from Nov., 1862, to May,
1863, state "Present." Roll to June 30th, 1863, "Killed May 4th, 1863."
Occupation, Farmer. Res., Minden, La. Married.
(I've always
wondered what happened to his family.)
Bailey, E. C.,
Pvt. Co. G. 8th La. Infty. Enlisted
at Minden, La., March 15th, 1862. Present on Roll to April 30th, 1862. Roll for
May and June, 1862, "Absent. Wounded at Winchester, Va., May 25th, 1862." Roll
for July and Aug., 1862, "Present." Rolls from Sept., 1862, to Feb., 1863, state
"Absent, Sick." Rolls from Feb., 1863, to Oct., 1863, "Present." Federal Rolls
of Prisoners of War Captured Rappahannock, Va., Nov. 7th, 1863. Sent to
Washington, Nov. 11th, 1863. Forwd. to Pt. Lookout, Md., March 9th, 1864, for
Exchange, Exchanged March 10th, 1864. Roll for May and June, 1864, "Killed in
Battle of Spottsylvania C. H., May 12th, 1864. Res., Minden, La.