...Flag design is based on a small torn section of a regimental battle flag which is on display in the Confederate Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana. 19 May 1865, the regiment was disbanded at Mansfield, LA. Usually when a regiment was disbanded the flag was torn into ten pieces and a piece given to each of the ten company commanders. (Placement of Battle Inscriptions is specualtive and based on similar Confederate battle flags of the same period.)

we are still searching for an image of Pvt. Jesse P. Young and we hope to add one in the forseeable future.Should any of his descendants have a photo of him, and would gratiously care to place a copy of his photo at this web site...this researcher would be grateful.

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Young, Jesse Hypolite

Pvt., Co. A.

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Young, Jesse Hypolite, Pvt., Co. A., 28th (Thomas') La. Inf. En. Opelousas, La., April 6, 1862. Present on all Rolls to Feb., 1863. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured and paroled Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863.

Jesse Hypolite Young was born on December 11, 1845 in Calcasieu Parish. His address on his Confederate pension application is "Berwick, Acadia Parish, Louisiana." The Louisiana Archives in Baton Rouge have microfilmed records including a pension application from Jesse "P." Young which states that he lost his right eye when a gun cap exploded during the battle at Chicksaw Bayou. He is listed among those surrendered July 4, 1863 and paroled July 7, 1863 from Vicksburg.

According to John Young's book, Jesse married Marie Reed May 8, 1866 and they had 9 children. He was a farmer after the war. He and his wife Marie are buried in Berwick(sic), aka Ardoin, Cemetery south of Basile, Louisiana. Redich is more likely the correct location rather than Berwick which is near Morgan City.

Jesse survived the war and passed away in 1919. He and his wife Marie are buried in Berwick(sic), aka Ardoin, Cemetery south of Basile, Louisiana. Redich is more likely the correct location rather than Berwick which is near Morgan City. Jesse's third son Joseph Hebert, or possibly Herbert, Young is the father of the contributors grandfather Herbert Adam Young who died February 22, 1942.

The contributors father, Herbert Francis Young, resides in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The contributor of this essay resides near Birmingham, Alabama. Information on this essay is from the following: "The Lejeunes of Acadia and the Youngs of Southwest Louisiana : a genealogical study of the Lejeunes of Acadia and the descendants of Joseph Lejeune/Young and Patsy Perrine Hay / by John Austin Young. Basile, La. (P.O. Box 178, Basile 70515) : J.A. Young, c1991. x, 1034 p. ; 24 cm. and were very kindly contributed by Mr. Bert Young.

 

The Confederate Pension Application for Jesse P. Young, Pvt., Co. A.

The following images are copies of the application for Confederate Pension Benefits obtained from the Archives in Baton Rouge and are generously supplied to the 28th Thomas' Louisiana Infantry Regiment web site by the contributor -- Mr. Bert Young.

To see a larger version of the image -- Click on the image of your choice.

 

We at the 28th Thomas' Louisiana Infantry Regiment (Volunteers) are proud to send out this very special and grateful "THANK YOU" which is extended for the abovementioned biography and images of the Pension Application of Jesse P. Young submitted by Mr. Bert Young.